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Time Units and Calendar Facts
CONCEPTUALKnow the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year, and leap year
Mastery Evidence
- State that there are 60 seconds in a minute
- Name the months and state the number of days in each
- Explain that a leap year has 366 days and occurs every 4 years
Assessment Prompt
“If you ask [child] how many days are in September and whether this year is a leap year, can they answer both — and tell you how many seconds are in a minute?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
Ma/KS2/Y3/M/6The national curriculum in EnglandTime units
know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year
Mathematics · Key Stage 2
Prerequisites1
- Number of minutes in an hourhardAges 6—7
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- Number of minutes in an hour hard
Extends knowing minutes in an hour to seconds in a minute and days in months
- Telling time to the minute hard
Knowing 60 min = 1 hour and 24 hours = 1 day extends from measuring time in hours/minutes/seconds
- Comparing durations hard
Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first
Unlocks2
- Comparing Time DurationssoftAges 7—8
- Converting measurement unitshardAges 8—9