1. Task
On Monday a visit starts at 9:47 am and ends at 11:12 am. Draw a timeline through a whole hour, label each elapsed jump and give the duration in hours/minutes and in minutes.
AC9M4M03 • Homework
Duration, am/pm and Time Conversions worksheet
Use this printable homework sheet for written working, application and reflection alongside the online learning activities.
Open practiceEight written homework tasks
Complete each task independently. Show your reasoning and label all drawings. Use separate paper for larger arrays, timelines, timetables and card-game records. An adult should inspect the actual written or practical work using the answer guide.
2. Task
On Tuesday a train leaves at 11:38 am and arrives at 1:07 pm the same day. Both places use the same local time. Draw a timeline through noon, label every jump and find the duration in hours/minutes and in minutes.
3. Task
A journey starts at 10:55 pm Friday and ends at 12:40 am Saturday, the next day, in the same local time. Draw a timeline through midnight, label each day and elapsed jump, and give the duration in hours/minutes and minutes.
4. Task
Show the calculations to convert 2 hours 35 minutes to minutes and 245 seconds to minutes/seconds. Then compare 3 minutes 10 seconds with 185 seconds, stating which is longer and by how many seconds.
5. Task
A performance ends at 12:15 pm Thursday after 50 minutes. Find its starting time. Draw a backwards timeline through noon, label the jumps, then write a forward check from your start to the finish.
6. Task
Create a Wednesday activity timetable on separate paper, starting at 10:50 am. In order, include a 15-minute warm-up, 30-minute game, 10-minute rest and 35-minute team challenge with no gaps. Write every start and finish with am/pm. Show the total-duration calculation and give the total in minutes and hours/minutes.
7. Task
Plan a Friday routine starting at 3:00 pm with four named 35-second activities and three 20-second rests between them, with no rest at the end. Make a seven-row timetable on separate paper showing every start and finish to the second. Show the total-duration calculation and express it in seconds and minutes/seconds.
8. Task
Public source notes: ACARA links Nyangumarta use of the Sun with days and Moon phases with months. In NMA’s Sky stories, Kirsten Banks, Wiradjuri, links the Emu’s position with a season. For each of the three examples, write the observed pattern, how a return can mark time, and the People or speaker/source. Explain why a seasonal marker alone cannot measure a bus ride’s exact minutes.
Complete answer guide
Task 1
Answer: 1 hour 25 minutes = 85 minutes.
For example, 13 min to 10:00 am, 1 h to 11:00 am and 12 min to 11:12 am. The jumps total 85 min. Require Monday and am labels, elapsed jump values and both equivalent totals. Accept other correct partitions.
Task 2
Answer: 1 hour 29 minutes = 89 minutes.
22 min to 12 noon, then 1 h 7 min to 1:07 pm gives 89 min. Require Tuesday, the noon point, correct am/pm, labelled jumps and both totals. Accept alternative correct jump partitions.
Task 3
Answer: 1 hour 45 minutes = 105 minutes.
10:55 pm Friday to midnight at the start of Saturday is 1 h 5 min. Add 40 min to get 1 h 45 min. Require the day boundary and all jump labels; accept other correct partitions.
Task 4
Answer: 155 minutes; 4 minutes 5 seconds; 3 minutes 10 seconds is 5 seconds longer.
2 × 60 + 35 = 155. 245 = 4 × 60 + 5. 3 min 10 s = 190 s, which is 5 s more than 185 s. Require all calculations and clear units.
Task 5
Answer: It starts at 11:25 am Thursday.
Back 15 min to noon, then 35 min to 11:25 am. Check: 35 min to noon plus 15 min to 12:15 pm is 50 min. Require Thursday and am/pm, the noon point, both jump labels and the forward check.
Task 6
Answer: Warm-up 10:50–11:05 am; game 11:05–11:35 am; rest 11:35–11:45 am; challenge 11:45 am–12:20 pm, all Wednesday. Total 90 min = 1 h 30 min.
15 + 30 + 10 + 35 = 90 minutes. Each finish equals the next start. Require all four rows and correct times, noon crossing, Wednesday context and complete sum including rest.
Task 7
Answer: Total 200 seconds = 3 minutes 20 seconds; finish 3:03:20 pm Friday.
All Friday pm: marching 3:00:00–3:00:35; rest 3:00:35–3:00:55; arm circles 3:00:55–3:01:30; rest 3:01:30–3:01:50; balancing 3:01:50–3:02:25; rest 3:02:25–3:02:45; side steps 3:02:45–3:03:20. 4 × 35 + 3 × 20 = 200. Require four suitable names, seven intervals, both totals and working. Accept any suitable activity names.
Task 8
Answer: Daily, lunar and seasonal patterns can return and provide time markers. Exact bus minutes need a clock or timer.
Accept: Sun/light-dark pattern returns daily (Nyangumarta, ACARA); Moon-phase sequence returns across a lunar cycle (Nyangumarta, ACARA); Emu sky position helps indicate a recurring season (Kirsten Banks, Wiradjuri, NMA Sky stories). Require all three time connections and attributions plus the clock/timer limitation. Students use these supplied public notes; no invented cultural story is requested.
Sources for Task8
ACARA public science background and National Museum of Australia: Sky stories. The task includes all notes needed for written work.