Minutes in an hour
1 hour is the same as 60 minutes.
This is a key fact for reading and comparing time.
Year 2
Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day
Use the key facts that there are 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day.
Lesson overview
Time
Some time facts are useful to remember. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour. There are 24 hours in 1 day. These facts help us compare times and understand how long events last.
Hours in a day
1 day is the same as 24 hours.
A full day covers all the hours from one midnight to the next.
Use the facts together
2 hours is longer than 45 minutes.
Knowing the key facts helps when comparing intervals.
Worked example
How many hours are there in 1 day?
whole day
hours in a day
- Remember the key fact for a full day.
- A day is made of 24 hours.
- So 1 day equals 24 hours.
- Use this fact whenever you compare longer times.
Try it
Use the key time facts to choose or write the answer.
Question 1
How many minutes are in 1 hour?
Question 2
How many hours are in 1 day?
Question 3
Which is longer?
Question 4
Write the number of hours in a day.
Question 5
Which sentence is correct?
Common mistakes
Watch for these when working through the lesson.
- Mixing up 60 minutes in an hour with 24 hours in a day.
- Comparing the numbers without noticing the time unit.
- Thinking 1 day has 12 hours because a clock face shows 12 numbers.
Related topics
These ideas fit closely with this lesson.
- Compare and sequence intervals of time.
- Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past and quarter to the hour, and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times.