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Maths Quiz - Time (Year 6) (Questions)

In Year Six of KS2 Maths, you'll become a time expert! You'll learn about seconds in a minute, years in a decade, and even centuries and millenniums. Cool, right?

Imagine living for a century – that's 100 years! But if someone says they've lived for a millennium, they might be telling fibs!

Can you guess how many years are in a decade, century, or millennium? Test your time knowledge and see how much you know!

Discover the Joy of Learning Together with Quizzes
1. What is 1,000 years?
[ ] Millennium
[ ] Century
[ ] Decade
[ ] Week
2. What is equivalent to 10 years?
[ ] Week
[ ] Century
[ ] Decade
[ ] Millennium
3. What is the extra date we have during a leap year?
[ ] 31st January
[ ] 29th February
[ ] 30th February
[ ] 31st December
4. How many days in December?
[ ] 28 days
[ ] 29 days
[ ] 30 days
[ ] 31 days
5. Which unit of time would you use to measure how long it takes for an acorn to grow into a large tree?
[ ] Hours
[ ] Months
[ ] Years
[ ] Millennia
6. How long would it take to cycle 2 miles?
[ ] 30 seconds
[ ] 30 minutes
[ ] 30 hours
[ ] 30 weeks
7. What time on an analogue clock is 19:40?
[ ] Twenty minutes to 9
[ ] Twenty minutes to 7
[ ] Twenty minutes to 8
[ ] Twenty minutes to 6
8. How would five to one in the afternoon be displayed on a digital clock?
[ ] 00:55
[ ] 12:55
[ ] 13:05
[ ] 13:55
9. New York is five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. If it is 5:00 PM in London what time is it in New York?
[ ] 10:00 AM
[ ] 12:00 PM
[ ] 2:00 PM
[ ] 4:00 PM
10. Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. If it is 15:20 in London what time is it in Tokyo?
[ ] 00:20
[ ] 1:20
[ ] 9:20
[ ] 10:20

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Maths Quiz - Time (Year 6) (Answers)
1. What is 1,000 years?
[x] Millennium
[ ] Century
[ ] Decade
[ ] Week
We are living in the 3rd Millennium CE
2. What is equivalent to 10 years?
[ ] Week
[ ] Century
[x] Decade
[ ] Millennium
Each group of 10 years is also called a decade, for example: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s...
3. What is the extra date we have during a leap year?
[ ] 31st January
[x] 29th February
[ ] 30th February
[ ] 31st December
Even with this extra day, February is still the shortest month
4. How many days in December?
[ ] 28 days
[ ] 29 days
[ ] 30 days
[x] 31 days
30 days hath September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31, except February alone
5. Which unit of time would you use to measure how long it takes for an acorn to grow into a large tree?
[ ] Hours
[ ] Months
[x] Years
[ ] Millennia
Most oak trees live to be about 200 years old
6. How long would it take to cycle 2 miles?
[ ] 30 seconds
[x] 30 minutes
[ ] 30 hours
[ ] 30 weeks
That's a slow and relaxed pace - but 30 hours would be a crawl and 30 seconds would be as fast as a racing car!
7. What time on an analogue clock is 19:40?
[ ] Twenty minutes to 9
[ ] Twenty minutes to 7
[x] Twenty minutes to 8
[ ] Twenty minutes to 6
To work out the hour on a 24 hour clock just count on from 12
8. How would five to one in the afternoon be displayed on a digital clock?
[ ] 00:55
[x] 12:55
[ ] 13:05
[ ] 13:55
00:55 would be five to one in the morning
9. New York is five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time. If it is 5:00 PM in London what time is it in New York?
[ ] 10:00 AM
[x] 12:00 PM
[ ] 2:00 PM
[ ] 4:00 PM
Greenwich is in London so the time for all of Britain is the same as Greenwich Mean Time
10. Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. If it is 15:20 in London what time is it in Tokyo?
[x] 00:20
[ ] 1:20
[ ] 9:20
[ ] 10:20
15 + 9 = 24 but 24:00 is displayed as 00:00 on a 24 hour clock