Sequence intervals of time

How to tell they’ve got it

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Order three events by how long they took
Compare the duration of two activities (e.g. 'the race took longer than the walk')
Sequence intervals on a timeline

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Try this together

If your child knows a film takes 2 hours and a car journey takes 45 minutes, can they tell you which takes longer — and put a few daily activities in order of how long they take?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Comparing durationsages 4–6Comparing and sequencing intervals extends Y1 comparative time language

Telling time to the minuteages 5–6Sequencing intervals requires understanding time measurement

Sequence intervals of timethis skill · ages 6–7

Unlocks

Estimating answers (age 7+)ages 7–8Extends comparing time intervals to recording in seconds, minutes, hours

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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

AC9M3M03medium 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

AC9MFM02medium confidenceFoundation · Measurement

sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

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

MAE-NSM-02medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Early Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M1M03medium confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Measurement strand

VC2M3M03medium confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Measurement strand

VC2MFM02medium confidenceMathematics · Foundation · 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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Adding money and giving changeages 6–7 Choosing measurement unitsages 6–7 Comparing and ordering measurementsages 6–7 Measuring lengthages 6–7

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