Clock Face — 3:40 (Twenty To 4) — free printable diagram

What time is 3:40 on a clock?

This clock face shows 3:40 — twenty to four. The hour hand is between the 3 and the 4 and the minute hand points at the 8.

Digital time

3:40

In words

twenty to four

24-hour clock

03:40 (am) or 15:40 (pm)

Minutes past the hour

40

Minutes to the next hour

20

Minute hand

on the 8

Hour hand

between the 3 and the 4

Angle between the hands

130°

• The minute hand points at the 8, and every number on a clock face is worth five minutes — so it shows 40 minutes past three.
• The hour hand is between the 3 and the 4, which tells you the hour has started but not finished.
• After half past we count backwards to the next hour, so 3:40 is read as "twenty to four" — 20 minutes still to go until four o'clock.
• 3:40 can be said either way: "twenty to four" or simply "three forty".