Telling Time and Measurement Jeopardy

Clocks, calendars, rulers, and scales in one review game for 2nd and 3rd grade math. Free to copy; students buzz in from phones or tablets.

6 categories · 30 clues · Final Jeopardy · everyone buzzes in from their phone

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Reading Clocks

$200
A clock with a round face and moving hands, instead of only digits, is this kind of clock.
What is an analog clock?
$400
When the minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 3, it is this time.
What is 3:00?
$600
When the minute hand points to 6, it is this many minutes past the hour.
What is 30?
$800
Quarter past seven is written this way on a digital clock.
What is 7:15?
$1,000
The minute hand points to 9 and the hour hand is just before the 11, so it is this time.
What is 10:45?

Elapsed Time

$200
School starts at 8:00, and recess is 2 hours later, at this time.
What is 10:00?
$400
A movie starts at 1:00 and lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes, so it ends at this time.
What is 2:30?
$600
Lunch starts at 11:45 and lasts 30 minutes, so it ends at this time.
What is 12:15?
$800
From 9:20 to 9:55 is this much time.
What is 35 minutes?
$1,000
Soccer practice runs from 3:40 to 5:05, which is this much time.
What is 1 hour and 25 minutes?

Calendar Days and Months

$200
There are this many days in one week.
What is 7?
$400
This month comes right after March.
What is April?
$600
This shortest month usually has 28 days.
What is February?
$800
This last month of the year has 31 days.
What is December?
$1,000
A year that is not a leap year has this many days.
What is 365?

Measuring Length

$200
There are this many inches in one foot.
What is 12?
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This flat measuring tool is often exactly one foot long.
What is a ruler?
$600
Three feet make one of these.
What is a yard?
$800
There are 100 of these small metric units in one meter.
What are centimeters?
$1,000
There are this many feet in 2 yards.
What is 6?

Weight and Capacity

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This tool tells you how heavy something is.
What is a scale?
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Two cups make one of these.
What is a pint?
$600
Sixteen ounces make one of these units of weight.
What is a pound?
$800
Milk often comes in a big jug that holds one of these, equal to 4 quarts.
What is a gallon?
$1,000
There are this many cups in one quart.
What is 4?

Which Unit

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To time how long it takes to blink, you would use this small unit of time.
What are seconds?
$400
Your age is measured in this unit of time.
What are years?
$600
The distance between two cities is measured in this unit, much longer than a yard.
What are miles?
$800
The weight of a paper clip is best measured in this small metric unit.
What are grams?
$1,000
A big bottle of soda is often measured in this metric unit.
What are liters?

Final Jeopardy — Time Facts

There are this many minutes in one hour, and the same number of seconds in one minute.

What is 60?

How to run this board

Time and measurement share a board here because they share a skill: reading a tool carefully. Students read analog and digital clocks, work out elapsed time, count days and months on a calendar, and choose the right unit for measuring how long, how heavy, or how much something holds.

A teaching clock with movable hands and a ruler at each table make the clock and length columns hands-on. When a team answers a time clue, have someone set the class clock to match before you move on.

The Which Unit column is a good place for discussion; ask teams to explain why they would not measure a pencil in miles, and award a bonus point for a clear reason.

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