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The Time Is ...
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.
The New Millennium: When Did it Begin?
Age 7 to 11
Not everybody agreed that the Third Millennium actually began on January 1st 2000. Find out why by reading this brief article.
Train Timetable
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the information to work out the timetable for the three trains travelling between City station and Farmland station.
Ten Green Bottles
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Do you know the rhyme about ten green bottles hanging on a wall? If the first bottle fell at ten past five and the others fell down at 5 minute intervals, what time would the last bottle fall down?
Slow Coach
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How many of this company's coaches travelling in the opposite direction does the 10 am coach from Alphaton pass before reaching Betaville?
A History of Astronomy
Age 7 to 11
Astronomy grew out of problems that the early civilisations had. They needed to solve problems relating to time and distance - both mathematical topics.
Sweeping Hands
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use your knowledge of angles to work out how many degrees the hour and minute hands of a clock travel through in different amounts of time.
Being Resilient - Primary Measures
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Measure problems at primary level that may require resilience.
Two Clocks
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
The Hare and the Tortoise
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
In this version of the story of the hare and the tortoise, the race is 10 kilometres long. Can you work out how long the hare sleeps for using the information given?
A Flying Holiday
Age 7 to 11 Short Challenge Level:
Follow the journey taken by this bird and let us know for how long and in what direction it must fly to return to its starting point.
Bike Ride
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Nirmala and Riki live 9 kilometres away from the nearest market. They both want to arrive at the market at exactly noon. What time should each of them start riding their bikes?
Being Resourceful - Primary Measures
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Measure problems at primary level that require careful consideration.
Working with Dinosaurs
Age 7 to 11
This article for teachers suggests ways in which dinosaurs can be a great context for discussing measurement.
What Is the Time?
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.
Being Curious - Primary Measures
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Measure problems for inquiring primary learners.
Being Collaborative - Primary Measures
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Measure problems for primary learners to work on with others.
A Calendar Question
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
July 1st 2001 was on a Sunday. July 1st 2002 was on a Monday. When did July 1st fall on a Monday again?
In Order
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you rank these quantities in order? You may need to find out extra information or perform some experiments to justify your rankings.
On Time?
Age 5 to 14
This article explains how Greenwich Mean Time was established and in fact, why Greenwich in London was chosen as the standard.
Decimal Time
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Use the clocks to investigate French decimal time in this problem. Can you see how this time system worked?
Now and Then
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Look at the changes in results on some of the athletics track events at the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. Compare the results for 2012.
Order, Order!
Age 5 to 11 Challenge Level:
Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?
Watch the Clock
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
Millennium Man
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Liitle Millennium Man was born on Saturday 1st January 2000 and he will retire on the first Saturday 1st January that occurs after his 60th birthday. How old will he be when he retires?
Digital Times
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Which segment on a digital clock is lit most each day? Which segment is lit least? Does it make any difference if it is set to 12 hours or 24 hours?
Practice Run
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Chandrika was practising a long distance run. Can you work out how long the race was from the information?
Clocks
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?
Tom Learns to Cook
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
If Tom wants to learn to cook his favourite supper, he needs to make a schedule so that everything is ready at the same time.
All in a Jumble
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
My measurements have got all jumbled up! Swap them around and see if you can find a combination where every measurement is valid.
Clock Hands
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
This investigation explores using different shapes as the hands of the clock. What things occur as the the hands move.
Times
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Which times on a digital clock have a line of symmetry? Which look the same upside-down? You might like to try this investigation and find out!
Do You Measure Up?
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
A game for two or more players that uses a knowledge of measuring tools. Spin the spinner and identify which jobs can be done with the measuring tool shown.
Take Your Dog for a Walk
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Use the interactivity to move Mr Pearson and his dog. Can you move him so that the graph shows a curve?
Place Your Orders
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you rank these sets of quantities in order, from smallest to largest? Can you provide convincing evidence for your rankings?
Home Time
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Alice's mum needs to go to each child's house just once and then back home again. How many different routes are there? Use the information to find out how long each road is on the route she took.
2010: A Year of Investigations
Age 5 to 14
This article for teachers suggests ideas for activities built around 10 and 2010.
An Unhappy End
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Two engines, at opposite ends of a single track railway line, set off towards one another just as a fly, sitting on the front of one of the engines, sets off flying along the railway line...
Take the Right Angle
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
How many times in twelve hours do the hands of a clock form a right angle? Use the interactivity to check your answers.
Hands Together
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Sometime during every hour the minute hand lies directly above the hour hand. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock does this happen?
Lengthy Journeys
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
Investigate the different distances of these car journeys and find out how long they take.
Friday 13th
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
Can you explain why every year must contain at least one Friday the thirteenth?
Paradoxes
Age 7 to 14
A paradox is a statement that seems to be both untrue and true at the same time. This article looks at a few examples and challenges you to investigate them for yourself.
Making Maths: Make a Pendulum
Age 7 to 14 Challenge Level:
Galileo, a famous inventor who lived about 400 years ago, came up with an idea similar to this for making a time measuring instrument. Can you turn your pendulum into an accurate minute timer?
Eclipses of the Sun
Age 7 to 14
Mathematics has allowed us now to measure lots of things about eclipses and so calculate exactly when they will happen, where they can be seen from, and what they will look like.
Right Time
Age 11 to 14 Challenge Level:
At the time of writing the hour and minute hands of my clock are at right angles. How long will it be before they are at right angles again?
On What Day Did it Happen?
Age 5 to 14
Read this article to find out the mathematical method for working out what day of the week each particular date fell on back as far as 1700.
5 on the Clock
Age 7 to 11 Challenge Level:
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?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.