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Clock Reading Basics
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Clock Reading Basics
Read each question carefully. Show your working for time calculations. Use NZ time conventions: midday is 12:00 pm and midnight is 12:00 am.
Clock knowledge
1.On an analogue clock, which hand usually points to the hour?
- The longer hand
- The shorter hand
- The hand that moves fastest
2.What does a time written as 9:00 am tell you?
- It is nine o'clock in the morning
- It is nine o'clock in the evening
- It is nine minutes after midnight
3.Select every device that can show the time.
- A wristwatch
- A microwave clock display
- A calculator with no clock function
- A phone clock
4.A film begins at 4:25 pm and lasts 2 hours 40 minutes. What time does it finish?
Reading and showing time
5.The analogue clock shows a morning time. Write the time in digital form, including am or pm.
6.Write 6:45 pm in words using the phrase “minutes to” or “minutes past”.
7.A school day starts at 8:40 am and ends at 2:50 pm. Complete the sentence: It starts in the and ends in the .
8.Draw a clock face and add the hands to show 5:00 pm.
9.Explain one difference between an analogue clock and a digital clock.
Time connections and challenges
10.Match each spoken time to its digital time.
- Quarter past six in the morning
- Half past four in the afternoon
- Midday
- Quarter to nine at night
- Ten minutes past one in the afternoon
- 6:15 am
- 1:10 pm
- 8:45 pm
- 12:00 pm
- 4:30 pm
11.A practice session begins at 9:35 am and ends at 12:10 pm. How long is the session?
12.Ana gets up at 6:50 am and goes to bed at 8:15 pm. How long is she awake? Show your working.
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