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Revision as of 08:06, 1 August 2018
Key Stage 1
Meaning
A timer is a piece of equipment used to find out how long something takes.
- Noun: Timer
About Timers
There are lots of different timers. Some timers have an alarm that goes off after a certain time. Some timers can be stopped to find out how long something took to happen. These are called stopwatches or stopclocks.
Examples
- A chef made sure the eggs were only boiled for 5 minutes.
- A scientist measured how long it takes to count to 100.
- A scientist wanted to see who could get to the other side of the field in the least time.
Used in a sentence
- An egg timer was set to go off after 5 minutes.
- A scientist used a timer to time how long it took to count to 100.
- A scientist used a timer to measure how long it took each person to run across the field.