Mathematics

Grade 6 EA,6EB,6ED
Lesson No.-04-Time
Reading the time on a 12 hour clock accurately

 The shortest hand is the hour hand. The narrow hand in red is the seconds hand, and the
remaining hand is the minute hand.
 The time it takes for the pointed end of the hour hand to move from one number to the next is
…………………….. hour.
 The time it takes for the pointed end of the minute hand to move from one short line segment to
the next is ………. minute.
 The time it takes for the pointed end of the seconds hand to move from one short line segment to
the next is …………… second.
  During an hour, the minute hand rotates …………. round.
 1 hour = 60 minutes
 During one minute the seconds hand rotates ……………. round.
 1 minute = 60 seconds

 The hour hand lies between the numbers …….. and ……… .
 The minute hand lies between the ………………. and ………….. line segments.
 The seconds hand is pointing towards the …………….. line segment.
 Therefore, the time is read as 25 minutes and 13 seconds past 10.
 This is written as 10.25.13.

(Sometimes, the number of seconds is not indicated and it is expressed as 10.25.)

Identifying the periods a.m. (ante meridiem) and p.m. (post meridiem)

The clock shows the time a The clock shows the time
child goes to school as 7.00 a child is studying as7.00
in the morning. in the evening.

 Since the clock shows the same time at two different instances of the day,
 Therefore following method is used to tell the time precisely.

Ante meridiem(a.m.) post meridiem(p.m.)

12 midnight 12 noon 12 midnight

(Midday)

One day

 The period of time from 12 midnight of one day to 12 midnight of the next is called a ………. .
 one day = ……………… periods = ……………… hours

Accordingly, in the above example,

 7.00 in the morning is denoted by 7.00 a.m. (ante meridiem is written in short as a.m.)

 7.00 in the evening is denoted by 7.00 p.m. (post meridiem is written in short as p.m.

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Prepared by-Ms.K.K.D.Nayomi