Time Durations
There are 120 minutes in this amount of time.
What is 2 hours?
You start your homework at 5:00 PM and finish at 5:45 PM. The time spent on homework is this long.
What is 45 minutes?
This is the number of seconds in one minute.
What is 60 seconds?
Many Indigenous cultures view time as moving in cycles rather than in a straight line.
What is cyclical time?
This fraction represents 30 minutes on an analog clock.
What is ½ or one-half?
A school day starts at 9:00 AM and ends at 3:30 PM. The total duration is this long.
What is 6 hours 30 minutes?
A birthday party begins at 2:30 PM and ends at 5:15 PM. The total elapsed time is this.
What is 2 hours 45 minutes?
Half an hour is equal to this many minutes.
What is 30 minutes?
This natural satellite has been used by Indigenous communities to track time through its changing phases.
What is the moon?
On an analog clock, 15 minutes is represented by this fraction.
What is ¼ or one-fourth?
A bus ride starts at 9:15 AM and lasts for 45 minutes. It ends at this time.
What is 10:00 AM?
A flight takes off at 11:10 AM and lands at 1:55 PM. The total flight duration is this long.
What is 2 hours 45
minutes?
Three days contain this many hours.
What is 72 hours?
Indigenous timekeeping often follows this type of time, which is based on recurring environmental patterns such as the seasons.
What is seasonal time?
If the minute hand is on the 9, the clock has completed this fraction of an hour.
What is ¾ or three-fourths?
A soccer game that starts at 4:20 PM and ends at 5:50 PM lasts for this duration.
What is 2 hours 35 minutes?
A marathon runner starts at 6:30 AM and finishes at 9:20 AM. They ran for this duration.
What is 2 hours 50 minutes?
Two hours and fifteen minutes equals this many minutes.
What is 135 minutes?
Instead of clocks, many Indigenous communities have traditionally used this to track time, such as the position of the sun in the sky.
What is land-based knowledge?
A clock divided into four equal parts represents this type of fraction.
What is quarters?
A train departs at 7:45 AM and reaches its destination at 10:20 AM. The journey lasts this long.
What is 2 hours 35 minutes?
A movie starts at 7:15 PM and lasts for 2 hours and 25 minutes. It ends at this time.
What is 9:40 PM?
A full day (24 hours) has this many minutes.
What is 1,440 minutes?
Indigenous storytelling often reflects time in this way, connecting past, present, and future as an ongoing experience.
What is non-linear time?
When the minute hand moves from 12 to 6, it has covered this fraction of the clock face.
What is ½ or one-half?