This math topic focuses on teaching students to approximate everyday events to specific times using descriptive words, such as "half past three p.m." or "quarter to seven a.m." The problems involve identifying typical times for daily activities like waking up, coming home, sunrise, breakfast, going to bed, going to school, and taking an afternoon break. Each question presents two possible answers in time format, and the task is to select the most appropriate time corresponding to the described event.

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Time - Approximate - Event to Words Worksheet

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Time - Approximate - Event to Words
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What time does breakfast usually happen?
a
zero oh five a.m.
b
half past seven a.m.
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What time does sunset usually happen?
a
nine o'clock p.m.
b
ten oh five a.m.
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What time does afternoon break usually happen?
a
one minutes to five a.m.
b
quarter to two p.m.
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What time does waking up usually happen?
a
four twenty p.m.
b
quarter to seven a.m.
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What time does sunrise usually happen?
a
six o'clock a.m.
b
one twenty p.m.
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What time does morning break usually happen?
a
twenty-five to two a.m.
b
half past ten a.m.
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What time does coming home usually happen?
a
half past three p.m.
b
zero ten a.m.
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What time does bed time usually happen?
a
two oh five a.m.
b
half past eight p.m.