Max Maths, Year 3, Work Book, Relationship among units of time

The Max Maths workbook for Year 3 includes a section dedicated to understanding the relationship among units of time. Practice 4 in the workbook invites students to explore this concept through various exercises. The first task requires students to complete a chart by filling in the missing units: 1 minute equals 60 seconds, 1 hour equals 60 minutes, 1 day equals 24 hours, 1 week equals 7 days, and 1 year equals 12 months. This exercise helps students become familiar with the basic units of time and their conversions.

The second activity presents a matching challenge where students must pair durations that are equivalent. For example, they would need to determine which among options like 2 days, 2 hours, 1 week 3 days, 3 minutes, and 1 year 2 months correspond to durations like 180 seconds, 14 months, 120 minutes, 48 hours, and 10 days. Following this, students are tasked with converting various time measurements into different units, such as changing hours and minutes into just minutes, or weeks and days into just days, and so on. This exercise not only reinforces their understanding of time units but also enhances their calculation skills. Practice 5 then builds upon this by asking students to add and subtract different times, further developing their proficiency with time-related problems.