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Customary unit conversion problem solving II

1. [3 points] Peter’s goal is to read 5 hours every school week. He reads every evening during

the school week and records his time in the chart shown. Determine how much time Peter

should read on Friday to meet his goal. Show all work, and be sure to include labels!

Peter’s Reading Time

DAY

TIME READ

Monday

40 minutes

Tuesday

1 hour 20 minutes

Wednesday

30 minutes

Thursday

1 hour 10 minutes

Friday

• Find time he has already read:

o Add just the hours first: _______

o Add the minutes : _______

o From the minutes, take out groups of 60 min. Each group of 60 min = 1 hour

Whatever is left over, will be written as minutes.

o TIME ALREADY READ = _________ hours ___________ minutes

• Find time he needs to read to reach goal:

o Either count forward from time read to get to goal OR subtract (goal – time read)

o TIP: Be sure you check your answer! Does the time read + your answer = goal

• Time to read on Friday: ______________________________________

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