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MathematicsMeasurementusually ages 7–8

Comparing Time Durations

Compare durations of events and calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks

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If your child starts cooking at 4:15 p.m. and finishes at 5:00 p.m., can they work out how long the cooking took?

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Builds on
Estimating answers (age 7+)ages 7–8Calculating event durations requires reading time to the minute
Time Units and Calendar Factsages 7–8Knowing time unit relationships supports duration calculations
Comparing Time Durationsthis skill · ages 7–8
Unlocks
Numbers on a number lineages 8–9Prior duration comparison experience feeds into elapsed-time problem solving

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M3M03high confidenceYear 3 · Measurement

recognise and use the relationship between formal units of time including days, hours, minutes and seconds to estimate and compare the duration of events

AC9M1M03medium confidenceYear 1 · Measurement

describe the duration and sequence of events using years, months, weeks, days and hours

AC9M1M01medium confidenceYear 1 · Measurement

compare directly and indirectly and order objects and events using attributes of length, mass, capacity and duration, communicating reasoning

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA1-NSM-02high confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 1
MA1-GM-02low confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M3M03high confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Measurement strand
VC2M1M03medium confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Measurement strand
VC2M4M03medium confidenceMathematics · Level 4 · Measurement strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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