Free Grade 3 Timetables in Context Lesson Plans
Free Grade 3 lesson plans for Timetables in Context: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. There are 60 minutes in an hour, so time does not work like ordinary decimals. Add hours and minutes separately and carry 1 hour each time minutes reach 60.
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Foundation
25 min
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Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify timetables in context
Identify timetables in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain timetables in context
Explain timetables in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate timetables in context
Calculate timetables in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare timetables in context
Compare timetables in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Timetables in Context works
There are 60 minutes in an hour, so time does not work like ordinary decimals. Add hours and minutes separately and carry 1 hour each time minutes reach 60.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.A film starts at 14:15 and lasts 5 min. When does it end?[1]
- 2.A film starts at 13:05 and lasts 15 min. When does it end?[1]
- 3.A film starts at 13:45 and lasts 45 min. When does it end?[1]
- 4.A film starts at 12:45 and lasts 25 min. When does it end?[1]
- 5.A film starts at 15:55 and lasts 3 h 20 min. When does it end?[2]
- 6.A film starts at 8:25 and lasts 3 h 35 min. When does it end?[2]
- 7.A film starts at 13:50 and lasts 1 h 35 min. When does it end?[2]
- 8.A film starts at 8:15 and lasts 1 h 45 min. When does it end?[2]
- 9.A film starts at 7:05 and lasts 2 h 55 min. When does it end?[3]
- 10.A film starts at 8:35 and lasts 3 h 40 min. When does it end?[3]
- 11.A film starts at 7:50 and lasts 1 h 15 min. When does it end?[3]
- 12.A film starts at 10:00 and lasts 2 h 50 min. When does it end?[3]
Show answers and working
1. 14:20
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 14:20.
2. 13:20
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 13:20.
3. 14:30
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 14:30.
4. 13:10
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 13:10.
5. 19:15
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 19:15.
6. 12:00
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 12:00.
7. 15:25
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 15:25.
8. 10:00
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 10:00.
9. 10:00
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 10:00.
10. 12:15
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 12:15.
11. 9:05
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 9:05.
12. 12:50
Add the hours first, then the minutes. If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour. Ends at 12:50.
Worked examples
A film starts at 10:15 and lasts 45 min. When does it end?
- Add the hours first, then the minutes.
- If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour.
- Ends at 11:00.
- Answer: 11:00
A film starts at 14:00 and lasts 1 h 35 min. When does it end?
- Add the hours first, then the minutes.
- If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour.
- Ends at 15:35.
- Answer: 15:35
A film starts at 14:55 and lasts 3 h 30 min. When does it end?
- Add the hours first, then the minutes.
- If minutes pass 60, carry 1 hour.
- Ends at 18:25.
- Answer: 18:25
Interactive practice
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Treats 1:50 + 20 min as 1:70.
Correction: 60 minutes make an hour: 1:70 is 2:10.
Uses a calculator and gets decimal hours.
Correction: Count on in hours, then minutes, on a timeline.
Teacher tips
- · Use a number line split into hours for durations.
Parent tips
- · Ask how long until dinner from the current time.
Real-life applications
- · Reading timetables, planning a day out.
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- What should a learner already know before this?
- Start with Working with Timetables, Introducing Timetables, Reading Clocks. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
- How is the lesson plan sequenced?
- Recognition first, then understanding, application, reasoning and finally mastery — the same ladder used across every free resource on the platform.
- What comes next after Timetables in Context?
- Move on to Reading Clocks, Elapsed Time, which build directly on this idea.
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