Time word problems

The first instance of  is under the 4th Grade Math Mission. This exercise practices telling time on a clock in word problems.

Types of Problems
There are two types of problems in this exercise:


 * 1) Time to catch: This problem has a situation involving someone who is timed. Another person starts, let's time pass, and the student is asked how much longer the second person should take to tie the first person.Timewp1a.png
 * 2) Find time: This problem has an involved word problem and asks the student to find the time a person should start a certain thing or will arrive at a particular place.Timewp2a.png

Strategies
This exercise is easy to get accuracy badges as long as you are familiar with a clock. However, since you need to patient with you reading is should be considered medium to attain speed badges.


 * 1) The phrase "quarter of" means 15 minutes before.
 * 2) A program or resource that could count modulo 60 could make these problem run faster in a calculator and thereby help with speed badges.