Time

  • Two Clocks
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    Two clocks

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?

  • The time is ...
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    The time is ...

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.

  • Now and Then
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    Now and then

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?

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    Take your dog for a walk

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Use the interactivity to move Pat. Can you reproduce the graphs and tell their story?

  • Clock Hands
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    Clock hands

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    This investigation explores using different shapes as the hands of the clock. What things occur as the the hands move.
  • Palindromic Date
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    Palindromic date

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    What is the date in February 2002 where the 8 digits are palindromic if the date is written in the British way?
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    Watch the clock

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?

  • Practice Run
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    Practice run

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Chandrika was practising a long distance run. Can you work out how long the race was from the information?
  • The hare and the tortoise
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    The hare and the tortoise

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?
  • 5 on the clock
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    5 on the clock

    Age
    7 to 11
    Challenge level
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    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?