Clock Face — 4:40 (Twenty To 5) — free printable diagram

What time is 4:40 on a clock?

This clock face shows 4:40 — twenty to five. The hour hand is between the 4 and the 5 and the minute hand points at the 8.

Digital time

4:40

In words

twenty to five

24-hour clock

04:40 (am) or 16:40 (pm)

Minutes past the hour

40

Minutes to the next hour

20

Minute hand

on the 8

Hour hand

between the 4 and the 5

Angle between the hands

100°

• The minute hand points at the 8, and every number on a clock face is worth five minutes — so it shows 40 minutes past four.
• The hour hand is between the 4 and the 5, which tells you the hour has started but not finished.
• After half past we count backwards to the next hour, so 4:40 is read as "twenty to five" — 20 minutes still to go until five o'clock.
• 4:40 can be said either way: "twenty to five" or simply "four forty".