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Travel time word problems
Find a journey duration, departure or arrival in ten travel stories. Select minutes, hours or days, with optional extra information and separate answers.
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Calendar word problems worksheets
Print a selected month with nine date-offset and elapsed-day questions. Choose a month and year from 1800 to 3999 and check a separate answer key.
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Read the story, identify the requested quantity and show your reasoning. Include the correct unit in your answer.
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Ask learners to identify what is known and what the question asks. A drawing, timeline or equation can make the relationship visible before they calculate. Check the answer against the original story and keep its unit.
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What this activity builds
Use a monthly calendar to count days forward, backward and between two dates.
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A book is borrowed on February 12, 2024 and returned on February 19. How many days pass?
19 − 12 = 7 days.
Count elapsed intervals, not both endpoint dates. Returning the following day would mean one day has passed.
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- Point to the starting date before counting.
- Use a different mark for each completed day interval.
- Compare February in a leap year and a common year.
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