Max Maths, Year 3, Work Book, Word problems

In the Max Maths Year 3 Workbook, Practice 6 focuses on solving word problems involving time. The first problem presents a scenario where Han goes to the cinema at 2.15 p.m. and leaves 3 hours and 20 minutes later. Students are tasked with calculating the time Han left the cinema by adding the duration to the start time. They are also asked to visually represent this time on a clock face. In part (b), the problem extends by having Han take 1 hour and 12 minutes to get home after leaving the cinema. Again, students must work out the time of Han's arrival at home and depict this on a clock face.

The second problem shifts to Samir's Sunday activities, asking students to calculate the total time spent on two activities: doing homework and playing football. Students are encouraged to draw a model to aid in finding the total duration, expressed in hours and minutes. A follow-up question compares the time Samir spends playing football with the time he spends watching TV. Using subtraction, students determine how much longer he played football compared to watching TV, and they are prompted to use a model to visualize and solve this part of the problem. The workbook provides the durations for each activity: playing football takes 2 hours and 35 minutes, watching TV takes 1 hour and 10 minutes, and doing homework takes 2 hours and 5 minutes. These exercises help students practice their time calculation skills and understand the concepts of addition and subtraction of time intervals.