Time: Age 7-11

This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.

On a digital 24 hour clock, at certain times, all the digits are consecutive. How many times like this are there between midnight and 7 a.m.?

These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?

Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

Mandeep's watch loses two minutes every hour. Adam's watch gains one minute every hour. Can you work out what time they arrived at the airport?

Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?

These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?

Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.

Have a look at the results for some events at past Olympic Games. Can you use these to predict the results at the next Olympics?

During the third hour after midnight the hands on a clock point in the same direction (so one hand is over the top of the other). At what time, to the nearest second, does this happen?

On a digital clock showing 24 hour time, over a whole day, how many times does a 5 appear? Is it the same number for a 12 hour clock over a whole day?