How it works
These elapsed time worksheets grade 3 open on ten problems that ask how many minutes pass between two times. Other sheets are the clock worksheets grade 3 classes need: faces to read and draw to the minute.
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Count up to the next hour
From 2:47 to 3:12, jump 13 minutes to 3:00, then 12 more: 25 minutes. Where the hour changes, the key prints the two jumps. Elapsed time inside one hour, to the minute never crosses an o'clock, so a pupil can subtract the minutes. On paper, draw the jumps on a blank number line.
What grade 3 adds to clock reading
Common Core asks grade 3 for time to the nearest minute, for intervals measured in minutes, and for word problems that add and subtract those intervals. The two story sheets add or subtract lengths of time; the clock sheets print all 60 minute marks.
- At 6:52 the short hand is almost on the 7. Ask which number it has passed before the pupil writes the hour.
- Minutes take two digits: 8 minutes past 8 is 8:08. Start time to the minute, inside one hour gives plenty of answers under ten minutes.
Questions and answers
What is elapsed time in 3rd grade math?
The time that passes from a start to an end. Third graders measure it in minutes: from 9:14 to 9:51 is 37 minutes. They also solve word problems that add or subtract lengths of time in minutes.
How do you teach elapsed time to third graders?
Count up in jumps. Go from the start to the next o'clock, then on to the end, and add the jumps: from 4:26 to 5:09 is 34 minutes and then 9 minutes, 43 in all.
Do the grade 3 elapsed time worksheets have an answer key?
Yes. The key prints as the last page, and where the hour changes it shows the jumps. To print the sheet alone, untick Answer key before you press Print.
How do you read a clock to the minute?
Count by fives to the number the long hand has passed, then count the small marks. Three marks past the 8 is 40 + 3 = 43 minutes. The short hand names the hour it has passed, not the one it is near.