Journey Times

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise solving a range of measurement problems about the duration of journeys using different forms of transport. The class can model techniques that can be used when calculating the duration of an event in hours and minutes.

Bus Times

Calculate and record the duration between pairs of times in hours and minutes to show different journeys that can be made when travelling by bus

Train Timetable

Calculate and record the duration of different train journeys by accessing information using a timetable listed with a range of digital times


Ferry Timetable

Calculate and record the duration of different ferry journeys by accessing information using a timetable listed with a range of digital times

Flight Times

Identify and calculate the arrival times of aeroplanes to a destination when making adjustments for different time zones to record the duration of each flight

Travel Times

Model and record how to solve a range of problems about different journey times working with measurements bridging one hour


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