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Imagine you have a big tub of popcorn and you are sitting in the movie theater! The screen turns on, but when will the movie finish so your parents know when to pick you up?
A movie schedule tells us two key things: the start time when the show begins, and the runtime, which is how long the movie lasts.
For Early Level learners, duration can be represented using discrete units of time, such as whole hours (e.g., 1 hour or 2 hours) or simple half-hour blocks on visual timelines.
For Early Level learners, duration can be represented using discrete units of time, such as whole hours (e.g., 1 hour or 2 hours) or simple half-hour blocks on visual timelines.
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If a movie starts at 2:00 and lasts for 1 hour, what time will the clock show when the credits roll?
Finding the Finish Time
To find the finish time, we start at the beginning time and count forward by the hours of the movie.
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Let's try a longer movie! If Dino Dance starts at 5:00 PM and lasts 2 hours, we count forward two hops: 5:00 to 6:00, then 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
Be careful not to count backward! A movie always adds time to your day, so the finish time is always a bigger hour number.
What happens if the theater plays cartoon previews before the main movie starts?