21 problems graded by difficulty (★ easy, ★★ medium, ★★★ hard). Try first, without looking at the solutions!
1 What time is it? ★★★
Look at the clock. What time does it show? Write it with “o’clock” and as a digital time.
2 Which hand is which? ★★★
A clock has a short hand and a long hand. Which one tells the hour?
3 Half past ★★★
What time does this clock show?
4 Say the digital time ★★★
A digital clock shows 9:00. A second digital clock shows 9:30. Say each time in words.
5 Block sort ★★★
A box has 3 green blocks, 5 orange blocks and 2 purple blocks. (a) How many categories are there? (b) How many blocks are there in all?
6 Count the tally ★★★
Zoe counted the stickers on a tally chart. How many stickers did she count?
7 Fruit bars ★★★
Read the bar graph. (a) How many kids chose pear? (b) Which fruit has the fewest votes?
8 Hour or minute? ★★★
The long hand points to 12 and the short hand points to 11. What time is it? Then tell what the long hand would point to at half past 11.
9 One hour later ★★★
Mia starts piano at 5:00. Her lesson lasts one hour. What time does it end?
10 Half an hour later ★★★
(a) What time is half an hour after 3:00? (b) What time is half an hour after 8:30?
11 Morning and noon ★★★
School starts at 8:00 and lunch is at 12:00. Which happens first? How many hours are there between them?
12 Pet survey chart ★★★
Ten kids named their pet: dog, cat, dog, fish, dog, cat, fish, dog, cat, dog. Make a tally chart in your head. How many dogs, cats and fish are there?
13 Weather bars ★★★
Ms. Rivera’s class wrote down the weather for 16 days. (a) How many more sunny days than rainy days? (b) How many fewer rainy days than cloudy days?
14 Button box ★★★
A box has 11 buttons. 5 are round, 4 are square and the rest are star buttons. How many star buttons are there?
15 Reading a story ★★★
Leo begins reading at 4:30 and stops at 5:30. How long did he read? Then tell what time it was half an hour after he began.
16 True or false? ★★★
Sam says: “At 6:30 the short hand points exactly at the 6.” Is he right? Explain.
17 Bird picture graph ★★★
Each circle is one bird that Ana saw.
(a) How many birds in all? (b) Were there more sparrows, or robins and crows together? How many more?
18 Recess choices ★★★
12 children chose a recess game. 5 chose soccer, 4 chose tag and the rest chose biking. How many chose biking? Which game is the favorite?
19 Missing votes ★★★
15 kids voted for a color. 6 voted red, 5 voted blue and the others voted green. How many voted green? How many fewer kids voted green than red?
20 Lunch tally ★★★
Read the tally chart. (a) How many kids in all? (b) Do pizza and soup together have more votes than salad? How many more?
21 Morning plan ★★★
Nina wakes up at 7:00, eats breakfast at 7:30 and gets on the bus at 8:00. (a) How long is it from waking up to the bus? (b) How long is it from breakfast to the bus?
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