Mastering Elapsed Time Concepts for Third Graders

The video tutorial teaches how to calculate elapsed time using clocks. It starts with a problem of determining the start time for a dodgeball competition. The instructor explains how to read clocks and calculate elapsed time by moving the hour and minute hands. Examples include determining school start time and the dodgeball competition time. The video concludes with encouragement to practice and visualize time calculations.

What does the hour hand pointing at 3 and the minute hand at 12 signify?

• 3:45

• 3:30

• 3:00

• 3:15

How do you calculate elapsed time on a clock?

• By counting the numbers it passes

• By guessing

• By moving the hour hand only

• By moving both the hour and minute hands

What is the significance of the minute hand pointing at 12?

• It's the start of the hour

• It's half past the hour

• It's quarter past the hour

• It's the end of the hour

If it's 3 o'clock now, what time will it be in 3 hours?

• 4:00

• 7:00

• 6:00

• 5:00

At 6:20, adding 1 hour and 10 minutes will result in what time?

• 7:20

• 7:00

• 7:30

• 8:00

How many minutes make a complete rotation of the minute hand?

• 30 minutes

• 60 minutes

• 45 minutes

• 15 minutes

If the current time is 6:20, what time will it be in exactly one hour?

• 6:50

• 6:30

• 7:20

• 7:00

What time does the dodgeball competition start if it's currently 4:30 and starts in 2 hours and 45 minutes?

• 7:45

• 7:15

• 6:45

• 6:15

When the minute hand moves past 12, what happens to the hour hand?

• It moves back

• It stays the same

• It moves forward

• It disappears

To add 45 minutes to the current time, you would count in increments of:

• 5 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 15 minutes

• 10 minutes