Maths playground · 28/50 · Ages 8–10
The minute clock
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Fox begins a puzzle at two o’clock and plays for thirty minutes. Half an hour is thirty minutes. Think about the start time and the time that passes.
What you will discover
- One hour contains sixty minutes.
- Elapsed time measures how much time has passed.
English vocabulary
- minute
- phút
- hour
- giờ
Let’s play
A game lasts 15 minutes, then 10 more. How many minutes in total?
See the explanation
15 + 10 = 25 minutes.
Practise touch typing
Place your hands on F and J and type this sentence using ten fingers.
Half an hour is thirty minutes.
Two little quiz questions
1. How many minutes are in one hour?
- 30
- 60
- 100
Answer and explanation
60. An hour is sixty minutes.
2. Thirty minutes after 2:00 is…
- 2:30
- 3:30
- 2:03
Answer and explanation
2:30. Add half an hour to the starting time.