Time to the minute and elapsed time worksheets
Aligned with Common Core 3.MD.A.1
Printable third-grade time worksheets: read and draw clocks to the minute, find elapsed time on a number line, fill in start and end times, solve time word problems and read a daily schedule.
The worksheets
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Telling Time Chart
A clock showing 4:37 with the minutes around the edge, how to count by 5s and then 1s, and what a.m. and p.m. mean.
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Elapsed Time Chart
How to find how long something takes, when it ends and when it started, with number line jumps.
Read the Clock to the Minute
Clocks showing times like 4:37 and 9:52. Write the time shown.
Draw the Hands
Draw the hour and minute hands to show times like 9:52 and 2:18.
Elapsed Time on a Number Line
Find how long it is from one time to another, like 2:15 to 3:40, with two jumps on a number line.
Start, End or How Long?
A table of activities where the start time, the time it took or the end time is missing.
Time Stories
Short word problems, like "Recess starts at 10:45 and lasts 25 minutes. When does it end?"
Daily Schedule
A schedule for a field trip, camp or school day with how-long and what-time questions.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
Third graders tell time to the exact minute, like 4:37, and work out elapsed time, which is how much time passes from a start time to an end time. They count by 5s to the last number the long hand passed, then count on by 1s. For elapsed time they jump along a number line, often to the next hour first, and add the jumps.
What comes next
Mass and volume.
How to teach it
- Point to the little marks between the numbers. Each one is 1 minute.
- Count by 5s out loud as you touch each number, then switch to 1s.
- Draw an open number line for elapsed time. Jump to the next hour first, then to the end.
- Ask about real times, like how long until dinner or how long a show lasts.
- Use an analog clock at home and check the time together a few times a day.
Common mistakes
- Reading the hour from the number the short hand is closest to, even when it has not reached it yet.
- Counting by 5s past the long hand instead of switching to 1s.
- Treating 60 minutes like 100, so 2:50 plus 20 minutes becomes 2:70.