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What time is it? – Fact Sheet
Included in this package are some wall charts that you can laminate and
hang up in your classroom.
Suggestion: Use this fact sheet to help explain the wall charts.
•There are 2 types of clock: analog and digital.
•Digital clocks tell us the time by showing numbers.
•Digital clocks show a 12-hour notation with a.m/p.m and some
show a 24-hour notation with hours ranging 00–23.
•Analog clocks tell the time by the movement of their hands.
•All analog clocks have at least two hands. Some have three.
•The small hand tells us the hours. The big hand tells us the
minutes. The third hand tells us the seconds.
•There are:
960 seconds in 1 minute
915 minutes in a quarter of an hour,
930 minutes in half an hour,
960 minutes in 1 hour,
912 hours in half a day,
924 hours in a whole day.
•Noon/midday is when the clock shows twelve o’clock in the
middle of the day. We could also say it’s 12 noon.
•Midnight is when the clock shows twelve o’clock in the middle of
the night. We could also say it’s 12 midnight.
•a.m. is the period of time from 00.00 to noon. It means “ante
meridiem” which is Latin for 'before noon'.
•p.m. is the period of time from noon to midnight. It means “post
meridiem” which is Latin for 'after noon'.
•Clockwise is the direction in which the hands on a clock move.
•Counterclockwise is the opposite direction of clockwise.
[Fact sheet source: Wikipedia]
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Types of Clocks
analog
14 : 37
digital
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Telling Time
hours
a.m.
05 : 37
a.m./p.m. indicator
minutes
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The 24 hour digital
clock
22 : 37
In the 24 hour digital clock
the hours are shown from
00 to 23.
The 12 hour digital
clock
P.m.
10 : 37
In the 12 hour digital clock the
hours are shown from 00 to 12
on the a.m. and then start
again from 01 on the p.m.
12 hour clock
24 hour clock
12 a.m.
(midnight)
00:00
1 a.m.
01:00
2 a.m.
02:00
3 a.m.
03:00
4 a.m.
04:00
5 a.m.
05:00
6 a.m.
06:00
7 a.m.
07:00
8 a.m.
08:00
9 a.m.
09:00
10 a.m.
10:00
11 a.m.
11:00
12 p.m.
(noon)
12:00
1 p.m.
13:00
2 p.m.
14:00
3 p.m.
15:00
4 p.m.
16:00
5 p.m.
17:00
6 p.m.
18:00
7 p.m.
19:00
8 p.m.
20:00
9 p.m.
21:00
10 p.m.
22:00
11 p.m.
23:00
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Telling Time
Big hand shows the minutes.
Reads 5 minutes or 1 hour.
Small hand shows the hours.
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Telling Time
o’clock
quarter
after
quarter
to
half past
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Clockwise and Counterclockwise
clockwise
counterclockwise
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What time is it?
It’s midnight.
It’s 12 midnight.
What time is it?
It’s noon.
It’s midday.
It’s 12 noon.
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A.M.
midday
P.M.
12 noon
Good
morning!
morning
Good
afternoon!
afternoon
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