Online Investigations

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Welcome to hours of mathematical enjoyment!

(Ages 8-11): Hours and Minutes with Halves and Quarters (FREE!)

Use a clock to establish the number of minutes in an hour and then investigate how many there are in 2, 3, 4 or more hours (p4).

How many minutes in half an hour (p5)? What about 1½ etc? How do you write these times in hours and minutes (p8)? Can you work backwards?

Investigate times involving quarter hours (p10). Explore how to change them between the different formats.

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(Ages 10-13): Train Journey (FREE!)

Use self-checking tools to work out the time taken, distance travelled, and average speed on various sections of a train journey.

Supports the paper-based investigation with the same name.

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