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Year 3 Mathematics · Measuring length, mass and time

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Where does the minute hand point at half past 3?
- ☐ (a) to the 3
- ☐ (b) to the 12
- ☐ (c) to the 6
- ☐ (d) to the 9
2. A ribbon is 11 paperclips long. A string is 7 paperclips long. How many paperclips longer is the ribbon?
3. On a balance, the side with the orange goes down and the side with the plum goes up. Which is heavier?
- ☐ (a) the plum
- ☐ (b) the orange
- ☐ (c) they are the same
4. The minute hand points to 3 and the hour hand is just past 8. What time is it?
- ☐ (a) quarter to 8
- ☐ (b) half past 8
- ☐ (c) quarter past 8
- ☐ (d) 3 o'clock
5. A shoe balances 10 blocks. A cup balances 6 blocks. How many more blocks does the shoe balance?
6. Tom measures a table with his hand spans and gets 8. His dad measures the same table and gets 5. Why are the answers different?
- ☐ (a) Dad's hands are bigger, so he needs fewer of them
- ☐ (b) The table changed size
- ☐ (c) Tom counted wrong
7. The minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 7. What time is it?
8. At half past 10, where is the hour hand?
- ☐ (a) exactly on the 10
- ☐ (b) halfway between the 10 and the 11
- ☐ (c) exactly on the 11
- ☐ (d) on the 6

Answer sheet

1. to the 6 — At half past, the minute hand has gone halfway around the clock, to the 6.
2. 4 — 11 − 7 = 4. Count on from 7: 8, 9, 10, 11 is 4 jumps.
3. the orange — The heavier object makes its side of the balance go down.
4. quarter past 8 — Minute hand on 3 means quarter past. The hour hand has just passed 8, so it is quarter past 8.
5. 4 — 10 − 6 = 4, so the shoe balances 4 more blocks.
6. Dad's hands are bigger, so he needs fewer of them — Bigger units mean fewer are needed. That is why we use the same unit to compare.
7. 7 o'clock — Minute hand on 12 means o'clock, and the hour hand on 7 means 7 o'clock.
8. halfway between the 10 and the 11 — At half past 10, half an hour has passed since 10 o'clock, so the hour hand is halfway to 11.