Time and Location

measurement year11 standard

Time and location | NSW Curriculum Website

• MST-11-06 solves problems involving time and location in practical contexts

📖 Prior Knowledge

Content	Prior knowledge	Used for
Non-spatial Measure B	- 12 and 24 hour time	- repeated content
Computation with Integers	- adding and subtracting integers	- calculating timezone differences
Length	- arc length	- how time zones work

Positions on the Earth’s surface

• Identify a location on the Earth’s surface using latitude, longitude and position coordinates, with and without using digital tools
• Apply 15° = 1 hour time difference to calculate the time differences between locations on Earth given the relevant longitudes

Time and time differences

• Convert between seconds (s), minutes (min) and hours (h)
• Represent and convert between 12-hour and 24-hour time formats
• Solve a variety of practical problems by calculating elapsed time
• Solve problems involving time zones in Australia, making necessary allowances for daylight saving
• Represent time difference between locations using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
• Solve practical problems involving UTC