Compare Durations Fairly — Year 3 Maths Unit

Explore the table of contents, then teach a complete week of duration comparison. Students learn to convert straightforward durations to a common unit, compare or order them, and explain why the result is fair. Explicit examples lead into guided and independent practice, a twelve-card partner challenge, transfer tasks and a three-comparison assessment. The teaching also distinguishes a clock time such as 3:15 pm from a duration such as 3 hours 15 minutes.

What's included

• 25-page Unit Plan PDF: one table of contents, three teacher-guide pages and 21 resource pages.
• Colour display, four card/model sheets, partner challenge rules and twelve challenge cards on two game-card sheets.
• Three practice sheets, two transfer sheets, a final assessment, five matching practice/transfer answer sheets and a matching assessment answer sheet, plus a four-criterion rubric.
• Editable 18-slide PowerPoint teaching presentation.
• Editable 26-slide PowerPoint quiz with twelve question-and-answer pairs.
• 69-page watermarked Preview PDF.

Learning focus

Convert seconds, minutes, hours and days to a common unit; compare and order durations; explain each decision with a conversion and a reason. Use whole-number equivalents rather than advanced decimal conversions.

Classroom use

Five 45–60-minute lessons with explicit modelling, partner discussion, independent work and criterion-based assessment. Use a teaching clock or calendar, timer, counters and pencils where helpful. Support uses labelled conversion steps; extension repairs a false comparison.

Answers

Red matching answer pages follow the relevant student practice, transfer and assessment pages. The quiz answer slides include explanations.

Teacher benefits

A complete teaching progression, shared comparison method, substantial practice, a usable partner game, and assessment evidence tied to conversions and reasons.

Digital product and licence

Digital download; no physical product. Check the applicable product licence at purchase.

Formats and page counts

PDF Unit Plan (25 pages), editable PPTX presentation (18 slides), editable PPTX quiz (26 slides), watermarked Preview PDF (69 pages).