Measuring Our Environment · Measurement and Space

Telling Time and Durations

Reading analog and digital clocks to the minute and calculating elapsed time.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do the two hands on a clock work together to tell a single story about time?
  2. 2Why is time measured in blocks of 60 rather than 100 like our number system?
  3. 3How can we determine how much time has passed between two events?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9M3M03
Year: Year 3
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Measuring Our Environment
Period: Measurement and Space

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