Timing Tower

What students practice

Students practice calculating elapsed time, stacking blocks such as plus 1 hour or plus 15 minutes until a clock reads a target end time.

How to play

Players press number keys 1 through 6 to add time blocks to a tower, press Backspace to undo a block that would go too far, and use the left and right arrow keys to switch towers; going past the end time lets the game show the jumps needed. Each tower has a fuse that burns down, and letting three fuses burn out ends the mission.

Teacher Setup

Teacher Setup lets a teacher set the clock times used, how long spans are shown, and the speed, with an option to turn off showing the answer after a miss; the end screen offers a printable student report listing the times to practice.

Play it in Starship Arcade

Timing Tower is one of 16 games in the Mental Math Speed room, a members room on the Promenade.