Year 4 Time Diagnostic

Name:

Date:

Telling Time: What Do I Know?

WALT: We are learning to read, write and use time.

Try each question by yourself. If you are unsure, leave it blank.

1. Match each time to the correct words.

a. 3:00

b. 6:30

c. 9:15

d. 10:45

quarter to ten

half past six

quarter past nine

three o’clock

2. Which time means quarter to 8?

7:15

7:45

8:15

8:45

3. Read this analogue clock. The short hand points to 4 and the long hand points to 5. Write the digital time.

Clock A: 🕟 Time: ____________________

4. Read this analogue clock. The short hand is just past 5 and the long hand is on the 17-minute mark. Write the time to the nearest minute.

Clock B: ◷ Time: ____________________

Using Time

WALT: We are learning to connect analogue, digital, 12-hour and 24-hour time.

5. Write each digital time in words using past or to.

a. 2:20 = ____________________________________________

b. 7:45 = ____________________________________________

6. Choose a.m. or p.m.

a. You eat breakfast at 7:30 a.m. / p.m.

b. You go to bed at 8:30 a.m. / p.m.

7. Convert 4:25 p.m. to 24-hour time.

Answer: ____________________

8. Convert 21:10 to 12-hour time.

Answer: ____________________

9. A swimming lesson starts at 3:45 p.m. and ends at 4:20 p.m. How long is the lesson?

Answer: ____________________ minutes

10. The bus leaves at 8:55 a.m. It takes 25 minutes to reach school. What time does it arrive?

Answer: ____________________

11. Use the timetable to answer the question.

Train A: leaves Wellington at 10:35 a.m. and arrives in Lower Hutt at 11:05 a.m.

How long is the journey?

12. Extension: A film starts at 18:40 and lasts 1 hour 35 minutes. What time does it finish? Give your answer in 24-hour time.

Answer: ____________________

Teacher Only: Answer Key and Recording Guide

Answer key: 1. a–three o’clock; b–half past six; c–quarter past nine; d–quarter to ten. 2. 7:45. 3. 4:25. 4. 5:17. 5a. twenty past two; 5b. quarter to eight. 6a. a.m.; 6b. p.m. 7. 16:25. 8. 9:10 p.m. 9. 35 minutes. 10. 9:20 a.m. 11. 30 minutes. 12. 20:15.

Recording guide: Q1–2: o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. Q3–4: reading analogue clocks to the nearest 5 minutes and nearest minute. Q5: writing digital times in words. Q6: choosing a.m. and p.m. in everyday contexts. Q7–8: converting between 12-hour and 24-hour time. Q9–10: finding elapsed time, including crossing an hour. Q11: reading a timetable and finding duration. Q12: extension—solving a duration problem in 24-hour time.

Differentiation and access: Offer to read the questions aloud, allow oral answers or a scribe, and provide a real analogue clock or number line if helpful. Encourage students to record working rather than guessing. For advanced learners, ask them to create a timetable problem with a duration that crosses an hour.

Curriculum link: New Zealand Te Mātaiaho Mathematics and Statistics, Phase 2, Measurement/Time: reading analogue and digital clocks to the nearest minute and finding durations using a.m./p.m. and 24-hour time. References: NZ-TMA-MATHEMATIC-Y4-6-measurement-076-DOC153; NZ-TMA-MATHEMATIC-Y4-6-measurement-063-DOC148; NZ-TMA-MATHEMATIC-Y4-6-measurement-077-DOC153.