Math in English Grade 3 Unit 12 Ethiopian Time

Time

Ethiopian Time
Unit Outcomes:
After completing this unit the student will be able to:
 describe the relationship between hour and minutes.
 read an analogue and digital clock in hours, minutes.
 relate days, weeks, months and years 
read a simple calendar.
12.1 Telling Time
We use seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and so on to
divide and budget our time. The standard unit of time is second (sec).

Figure 12.1Analog clock

On an analog time clock, the shorter

hand is the hour hand. The longer
hand is the minute hand.
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When telling time, we read the hour hand first, then the minute hand. Examples 1:
Write the time from the given analog clock.

The hour hand reads “1.” It looks

like the hour hand is almost to the
two, but we must continue to say
“1” until the minute hand goes
past the 12 again.

For the minute hand we count 5,10,15, 20, 25,

30, 35, 40, 45!
Therefore, the time is 1:45.

Figure 12.2 Analog clock

Example 2: What time is it?

a) 11:15 is read as “eleven fifteen” or “15 minutes after eleven”

b) 9:30 is read as “nine thirty” or “30 minutes after 9” or “half past 9.”
c) 2:55 is read as “two fifty-five”or“55 minutes after 2” or “5 minutes to 3.”

Exercise12. 1
1. Write the time from the given analog clock.

2. Write the following times in words.

a. 12:25 means or .
b. 1:10 means or .
c. 10:40 means or .
d. 8:20 means or .
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12.2 Minutesand Hours

1 hour (hr.) = 60 min

A quarter of an hour = 15 min

Half of an hour is 30min.

Example 1: Change 480 minutes to hours.

Solution
1hour=60 minutes 480÷60= 8 hours

Example 2: Change 55 minutes to seconds.

Solution
1 minute=60 seconds

55 minutes=55 60=3,300 seconds

Example 3: If it is now 12:30, what will be the time after 40 minutes?

Solution
From those 40 minutes, 30 minutes will take us up to 1:00. The other
10 minutes will take us to 1:10.

Example 4: If it is now 11:15, what was the time 2 hours and 10 minutes ago?
Two hours ago, the time was 9:15.The 10 minutes will take us back to 9:05.

Exercise 12.2
1. Complete the following problems.

a. 75 minutes = seconds b. 240 minutes= hours

c. 300 seconds = minutes d. 45 minutes = seconds
e. 2 hours= minutes f. 420 minutes= hours
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2. Fill the table by adding the given minutes and hours to the given time.

Given minutes and hours

Given Time 20 mins 40 mins 1hr and 30 mins
9:00
4:05
10:45
3. Fill the table by subtracting the given minutes and hours from the given
time.

Given Minutes and Hours

Given Time 25mins 50 mins 2hrs and 10 mins
11:30
3:20
9:45
4. Solve the following word problems.

a. Abiy‟s birthday party will start at 3:30. If he starts decorating the house at
1:30, how long does he have before the birthday party starts?

He has hours before the birthday party.

b. Mr. Ali‟s Arabic class starts at 2:40. If the class ends at 3:20, for how long is
Mr. Ali teaching?

Mr. Ali teaches for minutes.

c. It takes 2 hours to wash every shirt in the basket. There are 30 shirts. How
many minutes does it take to wash one shirt?

To wash one shirt,it takes minutes.

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12.3 Days, Weeks, Months and Years

1 day = 24 hours
1 week = 7 days
1 month = 4 weeks
1 year = 365 days (366 days in leap year)
1 year =12 months
Example 1: Change 36 months to years, 1 year=12 months
36÷12=3
Therefore, 36 months are equal to 3 years.

Example 2: Change 5 years to months.

1 year=12
months
5 12=60
Therefore, 5 years are equal to 60 months.

Example 3: The journey from Addis Ababa to Aksum takes 3 days. How many
hours does the journey take?

The journey takes 3 days. 1 day=24 hours

Therefore, the journey takes 72 hours.

Exercise 12.3
1. Complete the following.

a. 6 hours = minutes. b. 1 minute = seconds

c. 24 months = years. d. 7 years = months.

2. Solve the following word problems.

a. A building took 4 years to be built. How many months did it take?

It took months.

b. The number of days in February during the leap year is 29 days. How
many hours is February in the leap year?

February is hours in the leap year.

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12.4 Calendar

Figure12.3 Calendar

- There are 365 days in a year. A leap year has 366 days. In a leap year, February is
29 days, otherwise it is 28 days.

- January, March, May, July, August, October and December have 31 days.

- April, June, September, and November have 30 days.

- Dates can be written in short form by using numerals as “day/month/year” format.

Example 1: Write August 02, 2012 in short form.

The day is 02.

August is the 8th month of the year. So, August can be written as 08.

The year 2012 can be written „12‟ in short. Therefore, the short form
of August 02, 2012 is 02/08/12.
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Example 2:Andualem was born on September 10th. Gelila was born on November
10th in the same year. How many months older is Andualem?

From September 10th to October 10th is 1 month.

From October 10th to November 10th is another 1 month. 1month + 1 month=2 months
Therefore, Andualem is two months older than Gelila.

Exercise 12.4
1. Write the following dates in short form.

a. March 09,2012

b. January 25,2006
c. February 12, 2010
d. August 2,1998
e. September 28, 1985

2. Answer the following questions based on the three months calendar.

a. On what day is March 15?

b. How many days are there in February?

c. On what day is February 29?

d. How many Tuesdays are in March?

e. What is the date of the last Friday in January?

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The standard unit of time is second .

 1 minutes=60 seconds

 1 hour=60 minutes

1 day=24 hours

 1 week=7 days

1 month= 4 weeks

1 year=12 months=365 days. In a leap

year, there are 366 days.

Review Questions
1. Write the following times in words.

a. 7:45 means or .

b. 8:55 means or .
 c. 12:20 means or .

d. 3:30 means or .

2. Complete the following.

a. 13 hours= minutes b. 72 months= years

c. 480 seconds= minutes d. 120 minutes= seconds

e. 9 years = months f. 4 days= hours

g. 21 days= weeks h. 25 hours= ___ minutes

i. 8 days= hours j. 12 years= months

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3. Solve the following word problems.
a) Solomon was five years old on September 5th. Nebiyu was five years old on
September 27th. How many days older is Solomon than Nebiyu?

Solomon is days older than Nebiyu.

b) Muna starts doing his homework at 3:45 and ends at 5:30.How much time does
Muna spend on his homework?

She spends hour and minutes.

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