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1. Practise saying the following rhyme until you know it well:
30 days hath September
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31,
Except February alone,
Which has but 28 days clear
And 29 in each leap year.
2. Now you should be able to answer the following questions:
a. How many days are there in October and November together? ………………
b. How many days are there in May and June together? ………………
c. How many days are there in September and October together? ……………
d. How many days are there in June and July together? ………………
e. How many days are there in February in a normal year? ………………
f. How many days are there in February in a leap year? ………………
g. Which months have exactly 30 days? ………………………………………..…
………………………………………………………………………………….……..…
h. Which months have exactly 31 days? ………………………………………..…
………………………………………………………………………………….……..…
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The cycle race
Eight boys and girls took part in a cycle race. Here are their starting times and
the time they took for the race:
Name Starting Time Cycling Time
Jennifer 2.30 p.m. 1 hour 20 mins
Farzin 2.40 p.m. 1 hour 12 mins
Peter 2.10 p.m. 1 hour 19 mins
Michelle 2.50 p.m. 1 hour 22 mins
Terry 2.20 p.m. 1 hour 31 mins
Jemima 3.00 p.m. 1 hour 41 mins
Dieter 2.00 p.m. 1 hour 37 mins
Natasha 3.10 p.m. 1 hour 26 mins
a. Who was the fastest cyclist? ……………………..
b. Who was the slowest? ..........................................
c. Who departed first?................................................
d. Who departed last?...............................................
e. Which cyclists took longer than Michelle? ………………………………………
f. Jennifer set off at 2.30 p.m.
How much longer was it before Natasha set off? …………………………..…..
g. Dieter had his last drink at 3.30 p.m.
How much longer did he have to go in the race? …………………..…………..
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You will need to think carefully to
answer all these questions!
1. What are the four seasons of the year, in order? ……………..……………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. How many days are there in a fortnight? ……………….……………..…………
3. Which days are weekend days? …………………………………………………..
4. Which months come between April and August…………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. In which month is Christmas Day? ………………………………………………..
6. What is the date of Valentine's Day? …………………………………………….
7. Which century are we living in now? ……………………………………………..
8. A train departs from a station at 3.40 p.m. and takes 3 hours for its journey.
At what time does it arrive at the end of its journey? ……………………………
9. Circle the earliest time in the day?
6.40 a.m., 3.45 a.m., 2.35 p.m., 12 noon, 6.00 p.m.
10. Circle the latest time in the day?
7.40 p.m., 5.20 a.m., 3.45 p.m., 8.23 a.m.
11. Circle the earliest day of the year?
February 23rd, January 16th, May 8th, February 12th, January 18th
12. Circle the latest day of the year?
September 5th, October 16th, November 22nd, September 17th
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Try these time questions. You will
need a calculator for some of
them.
1. How many years are there in one millennium? ………………………………..
2. How many years are there in three millennia? ………………………………..
3. John takes nine days to travel across Egypt.
Is this longer or shorter than a week? ………………………………
4. Jenny takes 55 minutes to get ready for school.
Is this longer or shorter than one hour? ……………………………….
5. How many hours are there in three days? ……………………………….
6. Tom wants to find out how long a million seconds is. That's a long
He uses his calculator to work out how many minutes this is. question!
He divides one million by 60.
Next he divides by 60 again to find out how many hours this is.
Lastly, he divides by 24 to find out how many days this is.
Try it yourself to see how many days
there are in one million seconds . ……................................................
7. Michael starts a new job. The job is to last 110 weeks.
Is this more than a year? Is it more than two years? ………………………
8. Use a calculator to work out how many seconds
there are in one hour. ……………..………
9. Amanda has a clock that gains ten seconds every day.
How fast is her clock after two weeks? ……………………..
10. Divvy runs for 50 seconds, walks for 75 seconds
and then cycles for 55 seconds.
How many minutes is this altogether? ……..……………..
11. What is your date of birth. Give the day, month and year. …………………..
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2. a. 61 b. 61 c. 61 d. 61 e. 28 f. 29 g. April, June, September, November
h. January, March, May, July, August, October, December
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a. Fastest: Farzin.
b. Slowest: Jemima
c. First: Dieter
d. Last: Natasha
e. Terry, Jemima, Dieter, Natasha
f. 40 minutes
g. 7 minutes
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1. Spring, summer, autumn, winter
2. 14
3. Weekend: Saturday, Sunday.
4. May, June, July
5. December
6. 14th February
7. 21st Century
8. 6.40 p.m.
9. 3.45 a.m.
10. 7.40 p.m.
11. January 16th
12. November 22nd
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1. 1 000 years
2. 3 000 years
3. Longer
4. Shorter
5. 72 hours
6. Just over 11 days. (11.574073 to be more exact).
7. More than two years, less than three years.
8. 3 600 seconds in one hour.
9. 140 seconds fast (2 mins 20 secs)
10. 3 minutes.
11. Depends on individual circumstances.
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