- School Day Challenge:
- Your favorite show starts at 5:30 PM. You have homework that will take you 45 minutes to finish. What is the latest time you can start your homework and still finish before your show begins?
- If your lunch break is from 12:10 PM to 12:40 PM, how many minutes long is your lunch break? How many "jumps" of 5 minutes is that?
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Adventure Planning:
- You want to go for a bike ride. You leave your house at 3:00 PM and ride for 50 minutes. What time will you get back home?
- A friend tells you to meet them at the library at 1:45 PM. It takes you 20 minutes to walk there. What time should you leave your house? (Think backwards!)
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Cooking Up Time:
- You're helping make dinner. The instructions say to cook the vegetables for 18 minutes. If you put them on the stove at 6:10 PM, what time will they be ready?
- A cake needs to bake for 35 minutes. If you put it in the oven at 4:00 PM, what time will it be done? How many times do you need to skip count by 5 minutes to get to 35 minutes?