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Zoo Trip Timekeepers: Clocks and Minutes

Grade 3 time practice on a zoo trip: read clocks to the nearest minute and solve elapsed time problems with a number line and schedules.

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell and write time to the nearest minute from analog clocks and time words.
  • Students add and subtract time intervals in minutes to solve word problems.
  • Students use a number line to find how many minutes pass between two times.

How to use

Use after practicing telling time to the minute. Have students sketch a number line for each problem in the second section before they write an answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.A.1

Tell and write time to the nearest minute and solve problems about time intervals.

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Zoo Trip Timekeepers: Clocks and Minutes

Read zoo clocks and find how many minutes pass.

Read the zoo clocks

Look at each clock. Write or choose the time it shows.

1.
The sea lions get their fish at the time on this clock.123456789101112

The sea lions eat at   in the morning.

2.
Kenji looks at the zoo clock when the lion roars.123456789101112

The lion roars at   in the afternoon.

3.
The tiger show begins at the time on this clock. What time does the show begin?123456789101112
  • A. 2:43
  • B. 2:38
  • C. 3:38
  • D. 7:13
4.
The zoo map writes some times in words. Match each one to the time on a digital clock. Two times will not be used.
  1. half past 4
  2. quarter to 9
  3. 7 minutes after 12
  4. 20 minutes before 3
  1. A. 9:45
  2. B. 2:40
  3. C. 4:30
  4. D. 8:45
  5. E. 12:07
  6. F. 3:20
5.
The clock shows the time now. The zebra talk starts at 4:00.123456789101112

The zebra talk starts in   minutes.

How many minutes?

Solve each problem about the zoo trip. You can use a number line to count the minutes.

6.
The zoo train ride starts at 10:20 and ends at 10:55. This number line shows minutes after 10:00. The dots mark the start and the end of the ride.051015202530354045505560

The train ride lasts   minutes.

7.
Mateo watches the elephants for 18 minutes. Then he watches the lions for 25 minutes.

Mateo watches the animals for   minutes in all.

8.
The bird show starts at the time on this clock. It lasts 25 minutes.123456789101112

The bird show ends at  .

9.
The petting zoo closes at 5:00. Grace wants to spend 35 minutes there. What is the latest time she can get there?

Grace needs to get there by  .

10.
Circle each zoo activity that lasts more than 30 minutes.

Carousel: 11:05 to 11:32Reptile house: 2:15 to 2:50Snack break: 12:40 to 1:05Penguin pool: 3:10 to 3:42Monkey house: 9:50 to 10:28Butterfly garden: 1:30 to 1:58

11.
The zoo bus leaves at 3:35. The ride home takes 40 minutes. What time does the bus get home?
  • A. 3:75
  • B. 4:05
  • C. 4:15
  • D. 4:25
12.
Ruby leaves the monkey house at 11:48. The sea lion show starts at 12:05. Ruby thinks she has 20 minutes to get to the show. Is she right? Explain how you know.

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