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Time Passages

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For the Time Passages exercise set, students use clocks to calculate and display answers to these questions:

  • What time will it be?

  • What time was it?

Change the number of exercises

  1. Click on the box labeled "Number of Exercises" in the options panel.

  2. Type in a new number or use the up and down arrows to change the value. You can choose any number from 1 to 200.

Change the number of exercises in a row

  1. Select "Exercises per Row" in the options panel.

  2. Click the down arrow to choose a new number from the list or use Auto.

Notes:

  • If you are using the default auto settings, the number of questions per row will change automatically when you adjust the font size or the low/high number ranges.

  • For word problems exercises sets, you can only choose 1 or 2 exercises per row.

Change the row spacing

Set the spacing between rows of exercises in 100ths of an inch (25 = 1/4 inch, 40 = 1cm).

  1. Select the input field for the Row Spacing option in the options pane.

  2. Type a new value in the field or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value. Valid range is 0 to 300.

Show title

  1. To show the exercise set Title, select the check box for the Show Title option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the exercise set title, deselect the check box.

Show instructions

  1. To show the exercise set Instructions, select the check box for the Show Instructions option in the options pane.

  2. To hide the exercise set instructions, deselect the check box.

Show duplicate warning

When this option is selected, a warning is displayed if there are any duplicate exercises in the exercise set. To hide the duplicate warning, uncheck the Show Duplicate Warning option in the options pane.

Set the task

  1. To change the task, select the the Task option in the options pane.

  2. Select the desired task.

Set the high and low range for hours

To set the high and low ranges for the hours, select the input field for Hours Range High and Hours Range Low in the options pane and type a new value in the field. Valid range is 0 to 23.

Tip

To have just minutes appear in the questions (no hours), set the high and low ranges to 0 (zero).

Set the increment of time

  1. To set the increment of time, select the the Increments option in the options pane.

  2. Select the desired increment.

NOTE : If an increment of 60 minutes is selected, only even hours like 12:00 or 10:00 will be generated. If an increment of 10 minutes is selected, times like 1:00, 5:30, 8:20, 12:20, 4:00 will be generated. The smaller the increment, the greater variety of times that will be generated.

Change the clock face

Select standard, minimal, roman numeral, or no minute ticks clock faces.

  1. To change the clock face, select the Clock Face option in the options pane.

  2. Select the check box adjacent to each of the desired clock faces.

Set the clock diameter

Sets the diameter of the clock in 100ths of an inch (25 = 1/4 inch, 40 = 1 cm).

  1. Select the input field for the Clock Diameter option in the options pane.

  2. Type a new value in the field or use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the value. Valid range is 50 to 400.

Optional Display Settings