Calculating Elapsed Time Bakery Rush Challenge Find End Time
by The Sweet Smell of Teaching © 2026
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Price: $1.5 USD
Subjects: math,mathElementary,mathMiddleSchool,time,conversions,expressionsAndEquations,midSchoolDecimals
Grades: 4,5,6
Description
Bring some fun to your math lessons with this engaging, story-driven word problem activity. The Bakery Rush Elapsed Time Challenge helps students strengthen their elapsed time and problem-solving skills by calculating end times during a busy day at the bakery. Each task card places students in a different bakery scenario, from proving dough and baking pastries to cooling cakes, decorating orders, packing deliveries, and preparing food for the counter. Students use a given start time and duration to work out when each task will finish, then choose the correct answer to reveal a section of the mystery decoder. Once all sections are revealed, they order the decimals from least to greatest, match each to its letter, and decode the final mystery phrase. These self-grading Boom Cards are designed for Grades 5 and 6 and are ideal for math centers, review, early finishers, or independent practice. What's Included ✔ 1 Boom Deck (14 digital cards) ✔ 12 bakery-themed elapsed time word problems ✔ Real-world scenarios focused on finding the end time ✔ Mystery decoder challenge ✔ Students solve, reveal decoder sections, order answers, and decode the final phrase This deck reinforces • Finding an end time from a given start time and duration • Calculating elapsed time across hours and minutes • Reading and interpreting 12-hour time • Applying elapsed time skills in real-world contexts • Ordering decimals from least to greatest • Applying problem-solving and reasoning skills
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