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AC9M3M04 Year 3 Mathematics

AC9M3M04 | Year 3 Mathematics: Measurement

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute
Strand
Measurement
Substrand
Measurement

This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 3 Mathematics. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration representing and reading the time on an analog clock using the markings and the positions of the hands, to the nearest minute mark or five-minute interval
  • • Elaboration reading and connecting analog and digital time, interpreting times, recognising and using the language of time; for example, 12:15 as a quarter past 12, or 15 minutes past 12, 12:45 as a quarter to one or 15 minutes before one o’clock and 10:05 as 5 minutes past 10
  • • Elaboration reading analog clocks throughout the day, and noticing and connecting the position of the hour hand and the distance the minute hand has travelled during the current hour

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