Student Outcome
  • -Able to understand time concepts in the workplace
  • -Able to complete timesheets accurately

Filling Timesheets

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    Calculating Time

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    Calculating time is very important in any workplace.

    You need to:

    • get to work on time
    • complete tasks in a specified time

    Arriving late to a job could:

    • affect the person on the previous shift
    • mean poor customer service
    • reflect badly on the business

    You will be asked to note:

    • the times you start and finish work
    • the breaks you take

    Systems for timesheets can be:

    • paper based
    • computer based

    Calculating the hours you have worked from your timesheet is an important skill. It is a good idea to:

    • make your own calculations
    • check your hours worked against pay received

    There are 60 minutes in one hour.

    When changing minutes to hours you divide by 60.

    When changing hours to minutes you multiply by 60.

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    Keeping Timesheets

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    When you arrive at work you must note the time on your timesheet. This information is important so that you can be paid correctly for hours worked.

    You need to note your:

    • start and finish times
    • lunch breaks.

    Each day your work hours will be totalled. At the end of the pay period all hours will be totalled. Times for lunch breaks will be deducted from time spent in the workplace.

    For example: If you arrive at work at 8am and leave at 5pm you have spent 9 hours at work. If you take a 1 hour lunch break this will be deducted from the 9 hours and you will be paid for 8 hours.

    When your pay period has finished your supervisor will sign it and you will be paid.

    A timesheet records the number of hours and minutes worked by employees during a pay period. It is your responsibility to enter all details and times accurately into your timesheet.

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    Being able to calculate time is very important in all work places. It is necessary to fill out all documentation correctly with time so that payments are made to you and others accurately.

    When calculating time with just hours or just minutes, it's quite easy.

    Example: Add together ten minutes and seven minutes.
    Answer: 10 + 7 = 17 minutes, easy so far!

    When we are dealing with hours and minutes together then it can take more steps to get to the answer.

    Example: What is 90 minutes expressed in hours and minutes?
    Answer: Divide by 60 to get the number of hours (90 ÷ 60 = 1 with 30 mins left over). The answer is 1 hour and 30 mins.

  • Do It: Filling Out Timesheets

    A timesheet is a sheet that records the number of hours and minutes worked by employees during a pay period.

    It is your responsibility to enter all details and times accurately into your timesheet.

  • Do It: Calculations on a Timesheet

    Being able to calculate time is very important to ensure that you are paid correctly.

    Look at the example of how to complete a timesheet below.

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  • documentation
  • accurately
  • responsibility
  • calculate
  • expressed
  • multiply
  • divide
  • add
  • timesheet
  • employee
  • supervisor
  • pay period
  • rostered day off
  • total
  • am
  • pm
  • deduct

Calculating Time

Click and drag the times to answer the following questions.
120 minutes
3 hours
240 minutes
8 hours
195 minutes
1. How many minutes in 2 hours?
 
2. How many hours in 180 minutes?
 
3. How many minutes in 4 hours?
 
4. How many hours in 480 minutes?
 
5. What is 3 hours and 15 minutes expressed in just minutes?
 

Filling Out Timesheets

Using the example timesheet below, answer the following true or false questions.

Joanne has an hour for lunch every day.

True
False

Joanne's finishing time is the same for every day.

True
False

Joanne begins work every day at 8 o'clock.

True
False

Joanne finishes work at lunch time on Fridays.

True
False

Joanne's timesheet is for a one week pay period.

True
False

Joanne has an RDO on Sunday which means that she does not work on this day.

True
False

Calculations on a Timesheet

Using the timesheet below, answer the following question.

The number of am hours worked on Monday is:

3 hours
4 hours
3 hours 20 minutes

The number of pm hours worked on Tuesday is:

3 hours
4 hours
4 hours 30 minutes

The lunch break on Wednesday is for 1 hour

True
False

The number of hours worked on Thursday until lunch is:

3 hours 30 minutes
3 hours 45 minutes
3 hours 15 minutes

The number of pm hours worked on Friday is:

4 hours 15 minutes
4 hours 30 minutes
4 hours 45 minutes

The number of hours worked until lunch on Saturday is:

2 hours 30 minutes
2 hours
2 hours 15 minutes