Grade 3 · Math

Add longer time intervals

LET’S TRY ONE

An outing starts at 9:30 and lasts 90 minutes. When does it end?

11:00

60 minutes reaches 10:30; 30 more reaches 11:00.

Your turn!
Learning steps & teaching tips

Find a finish time after more than an hour.

  1. Add whole hours first, then any remaining minutes.
  2. Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
  3. Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.

Try it together

Write or draw your own example with different numbers. Solve it, then ask a partner to check the method as well as the answer.

Add whole hours first, then any remaining minutes.