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Racing Seconds

CBSE · Class 5 · Mathematics

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Key Topics to Revise

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1. Seconds for very short activities

  • Seconds are used for very quick actions.
  • Blinking of eyes is estimated in seconds or minutes.
  • Melting of an ice-cube is estimated in seconds or minutes.
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2. Comparing race times

  • Akira, Sunita, and Mary are participating in a 200 m walking race.
  • In a race, small differences in seconds decide the winner.
  • Each participant took 1 minute but how much more? means the extra seconds must be found.
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3. Time taken for activities in seconds

  • Raghav took 60 seconds to move from his home to the garden.
  • Raghu took 20 seconds to read a sentence in his book.
  • Rani took 30 seconds to color a rectangle.
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4. Hours, minutes, and daily time problems

  • Raghav studies Mathematics, English, Hindi, and The World Around Us, taking 50 minutes for each subject.
  • Total study time = 4 × 50 minutes = 200 minutes.
  • 200 minutes = 3 hours 20 minutes.

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Key Concepts

Seconds are used for activitiesSixty movements of the seconds handRaghu took 20 seconds to readLonger activities are measured in hoursElapsed time means the time passed

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