Grade 3 Time: Find the start time
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What students practice: Time to the minute and elapsed-time problems.
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Grade 3 · Time
Find the Start Time
Set 1 · Grade 3 · Time
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Easy
Grace stops practicing piano at 8:45 after spending 30 minutes practicing piano. What time did Grace start?
Answer: 8:15
Owen stops doing homework at 1:50 after spending 25 minutes doing homework. What time did Owen start?
Answer: 1:25
Standard
Amir stops practicing piano at 11:05 after spending 1 hour 20 minutes practicing piano. What time did Amir start?
Answer: 9:45
Diego stops doing homework at 4:10 after spending 1 hour 30 minutes doing homework. What time did Diego start?
Answer: 2:40
Challenge
Gabriel stops walking the dog at 4:38 after spending 21 minutes walking the dog. What time did Gabriel start?
Answer: 4:17
Milo stops reading at 4:45 after spending 1 hour 17 minutes reading. What time did Milo start?
Answer: 3:28
Where this skill fits
- Previous skill: Find the end time
- All grades: Time worksheets, Grades 1–5
Related Common Core standards
- 3.MD.A.1 — Tell and write time to the minute; solve elapsed-time word problems.
The task matches what these standards describe at this grade. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.