Measure, calculate and compare elapsed time(VCMMG227)

LO: To measure, calculate and compare elapsed time.

Know:

• that the concepts of time (hours, minutes, days)

• how to read a clock using the clock hands (small hand = hour, large hand = minute)

• ante meridiem = am = before midday

• post meridiem = pm = after midday

• 1:00 pm = 1 hour after midday (13th hour of the day) = 1300

• common language such as ‘quarter to’, ‘quarter past’ and ‘half past’ to describe time.

Understand:

• that elapsed time helps us to calculate how much time has passed between two segments of time.

Do:

• I can measure, calculate and compare elapsed time.

Elapsed time is the amount of time that passes from the start of an event to its ending.

Using a number line is one of the easiest ways to help calculate elapsed time.

The “Z” method is also another way to use to calculate elapsed time.