Looking for printable resources that can help you teach elapsed time word problems to your fourth-grade students? Look no further! Our carefully crafted math resources are designed to reinforce this crucial math concept while grabbing and holding your students’ attention!

Elevate Learning with Elapsed Time Word Problems:

These 24 printable task cards for elapsed time word problems are the perfect way for your students to think beyond the classroom and apply their skills to real-world situations. Students can improve their time calculation skills by engaging in meaningful and relevant scenarios while getting in some much-needed independent practice. You could even use these elapsed time word problems to play a game of SCOOT!, giving your students a fun and exciting way to practice finding the amount of time between events.

More Ways to Use Your 4th Grade Elapsed Time Task Cards

• Elapsed Time Challenge Stations – Transform your classroom into a competitive learning environment with Challenge Stations! Set up different stations around the room, each featuring a set of elapsed time word problem task cards that increase in difficulty. Students rotate through the stations, solving problems and recording their answers on a response sheet. Students who make it through the last card with correct answers can win a prize!
• Elapsed Time Scavenger Hunt – Hide task cards around the classroom or outdoor space. Provide students with a scavenger hunt checklist or worksheet where they can record their answers as they find and solve each task card. The first student or team to complete the scavenger hunt and solve all the problems wins a prize!
• Elapsed Time Relay Challenge –  Create a relay race where teams compete to solve elapsed time word problems. Divide students into teams and set up stations around the classroom or playing area, each with a task card and a timer. The first player in each team solves the problem at their station and then tags the next player to continue. The team that completes all the stations and solves all the problems in the shortest amount of time wins the challenge!

Download, Print, and Play!

This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Make your copies, pass them out to your students, and you’re ready to begin!

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