Time Cards
Cut out these cards and order as many of them as you can, from the least to the most amount of time.
Start with the ones that you know and then challenge yourself to order as many more as you can. Only
glue them down on the page provided when you are satisfied with the order.
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A minute
The time needed to hard
boil an egg
A million seconds
A year
Number of years since the
Peace Palace was opened
Number of years since the
Titanic sunk
Time for an oak tree to get
to 30m high
Time for the earth to go
round the sun
Time for the kettle to boil
Time for light to come from
the moon
A hundred months
Number of months since
you were born
Number of years since my
grandma was born
An hour
A thousand days
A month
A fortnight
Time from sowing tomato
seed to eating the first
tomato.
A day
Length of time to have a
good shower
The time for a game of
football without any extra
time
Time to tidy your bedroom
The total amount of time
spent in gym class over four
weeks
Time for the moon to go
once round the earth