Racing Seconds
CBSE · Class 5 · Mathematics
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Topics in Racing Seconds
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.
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.
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.
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.
Key Concepts
Central concept: Time measurement in seconds and minutes, and finding elapsed time using hours, minutes, and seconds
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- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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