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Race the Sunset

Total reward 2 jewels

In Minecraft, Alex starts building a shelter at 2:35 p.m. She builds for 28 minutes, takes a 12-minute snack break, and then builds for 20 more minutes.

Build plan

StepTime
Start2:35 p.m.
Build28 minutes
Break12 minutes
Build again20 minutes

Your challenges

  1. What time does Alex finish the first 28 minutes of building?

    Reward 1 jewel

  2. What time does Alex finish the shelter after the break and the final 20 minutes of building?

    Reward 1 jewel

Show your answer

Show your time jumps in minutes on a number line or with equations.

Show your work

Teacher & family guide

Difficulty & skills

Grade 3 · Measurement · Elapsed time

MJ 3.6 · C2 · W2

MathJewels rates content readiness, problem-solving challenge, and workload separately. These estimates describe the easiest reasonable solution path and do not reveal the solution.

Content level

MJ 3.6

Grades 3–5

Grade 3 progression · point 6

Likely range
MJ 3.3–3.9
Confidence
84%

Challenge

C2 · Standard

The solver chooses and coordinates familiar methods.

  • Method selection1
  • Reasoning depth2
  • Novelty0
  • Constraint management2
  • Proof or justification1

Workload

W2 · Moderate

Several coordinated calculations, representations, or explanation steps.

Active time
4–11 minutes · typically 7
Response
Short Answer
Known-method steps
6
  • Mechanical execution2
  • Written output1
  • Representation production1
  • Bookkeeping2

Learning focus

Skills this problem practices

What a successful response demonstrates, with each skill’s share of the content rating.

  • Solve elapsed-time problems

    Find an ending time by adding a whole-number duration in minutes to a given clock time, including across an hour.

    • Independent mastery
    • 65% focus
    • MJ 3.6 milestone

  • Solve a multi-step word problem

    Organize a contextual problem into an ordered sequence of operations, carry out the steps, and check that the result fits the situation.

    • Developing mastery
    • 35% focus
    • MJ 3.3 milestone

Readiness

Helpful prerequisites

Skills the rating assumes are already available to the learner.

  • Add and subtract quantities

    Combine and compare whole-number quantities in contextual problems and use addition or subtraction to find an unknown result.

    • Fluent readiness
    • Required
    • MJ 3.2 milestone

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