Comparing and Ordering Time - Year 2 - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step through each part of the worksheet.

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Section 1: Compare events — circle the one that takes the LONGEST time

We need to think about how long each activity usually takes in real life.

a)
- Travel to the moon → This takes days (with current technology, it’s about 3 days).
- Run a marathon → Takes most people 4–6 hours.
→ Travel to the moon is longer.

b)
- Fly to America → A flight from Europe or Asia might take 8–15 hours.
- Sail to America → A ship could take several days to weeks.
→ Sail to America is longer.

c)
- Build a house → Can take months or even years.
- Build a Lego tower → Might take minutes or hours.
→ Build a house is much longer.

d)
- Read a party invitation → Maybe 1–2 minutes.
- Read a book → Could take hours or days, depending on length.
→ Read a book is longer.

✔ So for Section 1:
a) Travel to the moon
b) Sail to America
c) Build a house
d) Read a book

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Section 2: Circle the LONGEST amount of time

We compare numbers with same units first, then convert if needed.

a)
45 minutes, 80 minutes, 32 minutes → 80 is biggest → 80 minutes

b)
63 seconds, 36 seconds, 70 seconds → 70 is biggest → 70 seconds

c)
30 seconds, 1 hour, 43 minutes
Convert all to minutes:
30 seconds = 0.5 min
1 hour = 60 min
43 minutes = 43 min
→ 60 min is biggest → 1 hour

d)
70 seconds, 17 seconds, 1 minute
1 minute = 60 seconds
So: 70s, 17s, 60s → 70 is biggest → 70 seconds

✔ Section 2 answers:
a) 80 minutes
b) 70 seconds
c) 1 hour
d) 70 seconds

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Section 3: Circle the SHORTEST amount of time

Again, compare carefully — sometimes we need to convert units.

a)
18 hours, 36 hours, 48 hours → smallest is 18 hours

b)
51 minutes, 15 minutes, 55 minutes → smallest is 15 minutes

c)
3 days, 3 hours, 3 seconds
Convert all to seconds to compare:
3 days = 3 × 24 × 60 × 60 = 259,200 seconds
3 hours = 3 × 60 × 60 = 10,800 seconds
3 seconds = 3 seconds
→ Smallest is 3 seconds

d)
6 days, 2 months, 1 week
Assume 1 month ≈ 30 days, so 2 months ≈ 60 days
1 week = 7 days
6 days vs 60 days vs 7 days → smallest is 6 days

Wait — let’s double-check d):

Is 6 days shorter than 1 week? Yes, because 1 week = 7 days.
And 2 months is way bigger.
So yes, 6 days is shortest.

But wait — what if “2 months” means exactly 2 calendar months? Even then, minimum is about 59 days (Feb + Mar non-leap), still way more than 6 days.

✔ Section 3 answers:
a) 18 hours
b) 15 minutes
c) 3 seconds
d) 6 days

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Final Answer:

Section 1:
a) Travel to the moon
b) Sail to America
c) Build a house
d) Read a book

Section 2:
a) 80 minutes
b) 70 seconds
c) 1 hour
d) 70 seconds

Section 3:
a) 18 hours
b) 15 minutes
c) 3 seconds
d) 6 days