Time Word Problems Worksheets for 3rd Grade
Story problems about minutes and hours: elapsed time, adding and comparing times, and equal parts. 15 free printable worksheets, each with an answer key.
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Time Word Problems: what children learn
Students solve stories about time: finding minutes between two clock times, adding or comparing amounts of time, and splitting or repeating equal amounts of time. Each answer is a number of minutes or hours named in the question.
Time Word Problems: worked example
Ravi starts a puzzle at 4:10. Ravi finishes at 4:45. How many minutes does it take? 35
From 4:10 to 4:30 is 20 minutes. From 4:30 to 4:45 is 15 more minutes. 20 + 15 = 35, so the puzzle takes 35 minutes.
Time Word Problems: a common mistake to watch for
Kids often write the hours and minutes as one number and subtract, which fails when the time crosses to the next hour.
Time Word Problems: how to help at home or in class
Plan a pretend Saturday on paper, with real start times for each activity. Ask three kinds of questions, mixing them up: how long did the park visit take, what time will we leave if the walk is 25 minutes, and how many minutes are in 3 half-hour shows? Your child answers in minutes or hours, as the question asks. When all three kinds feel manageable, they can try mass stories.
What is on these Time Word Problems worksheets
This set has 15 different worksheets for 3rd grade, with 5 questions on each and a matching answer key for every sheet. The instruction printed on each worksheet is: “Read each story. Write the answer.”
Example questions like the ones on these worksheets, with their answers:
- Malik starts dancing at 3:27 and stops at 3:53. How many minutes is that?26
- Jada starts a drawing at 11:24. Jada finishes at 11:59. How many minutes does it take?35
- Wei plays from 8:54 to 9:41. Then Wei reads for 31 minutes. How many minutes is that in all?78
- A video is 30 minutes long. It has 5 equal parts. How many minutes long is each part?6
- Kai dances for 18 minutes. Then Kai draws for 32 minutes. How many minutes is that in all?50
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