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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 12 hour clock 24 hour clock

clock 12 a.m.
(midnight)
00:00

1 a.m. 01:00
2 a.m. 02:00
3 a.m. 03:00

22 : 37 4 a.m.
5 a.m.
04:00
05:00
6 a.m. 06:00
7 a.m. 07:00
In the 24 hour digital clock 8 a.m. 08:00
the hours are shown from
00 to 23. 9 a.m. 09:00
10 a.m. 10:00
11 a.m. 11:00
The 12 hour digital 12 p.m.
12:00
(noon)
clock 1 p.m. 13:00
2 p.m. 14:00
3 p.m. 15:00
4 p.m. 16:00
P.m.
10 : 37 5 p.m.
6 p.m.
17:00
18:00
7 p.m. 19:00
8 p.m. 20:00
In the 12 hour digital clock the
hours are shown from 00 to 12 9 p.m. 21:00
on the a.m. and then start 10 p.m. 22:00
again from 01 on the p.m.
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 quarter
to after

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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 midday

A.M. P.M.

12 noon

Good Good
morning! afternoon!

morning afternoon
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