2. On the Hour
When the long hand is at 12, the short
hand will always be directly on a number.
This is called “ on the hour”. If the long
hand is on 12 and the short hand on 3, it
is 3 o’clock on an analog clock or 3:00 on
a digital clock. Note the times on the
analog and digital clocks.
6. Quarter Past the Hour
When the long hand is at 3, 6 or 9 we say
the time differently for the analog clock
but it is the same for the digital clock.
When the long hand is at 3, we say a
quarter past the hour.
10. Half Past the Hour
When the long hand is at 6, we say half
past the hour.
The time on the clock is half past 1.
Notice that the hour
hand is exactly between
the 1 and 2.
13. Quarter to the Hour
When the long hand is on 9 we say a
quarter to the hour.
This time on the clock is a quarter to 5.
Note that the hour
hand is almost at 5.
14. Quarter to the Hour
Quarter to 3 Quarter to 7 Quarter to 1
16. Duration
Duration is how long something lasts,
from beginning to end. A duration might
be long, such as the duration of a lesson
in class, or short, as the duration of
putting on your socks and shoes.
17. Duration
You started putting on your socks
and shoes at 7:00am.
7:00am 7:05am
The duration is the time taken to
put on your socks and shoes.
Here is how we calculate it.
Duration
Time Arrived-Time Left
7:30 am – 7:05am = 5 minutes.
Duration
Start Start
18. Duration Example
Look at the clock. The boy started his
school work. When did he finished?
Duration
Time started-Time Finish
6:00 am – 6:15 am 3= 15 minutes.
1
Start: 0 minutes
Finish: 15 minutes
Duration = 15 – 0
= 15 minutes
19. The 24 Clock
Have you ever wondered how to read military time (or
astronomical time), quickly and easily? Or even
wondered what it was, or why it exists?
It is based on a 24 hour clock, and is a method of
keeping hours in which the day runs from midnight to
midnight and is divided into 24 hour increments. It is
the most commonly used interval notation in the world.
21. The 24 Clock
The day starts at midnight and is written as 00:00.
The last minute of the day is written as 23:59, or one minute
before the next midnight.
Sometimes you may see 00:00 written as 24:00. Both are
acceptable. Look at the example table below, showing the 12 hour
clock vs military time.
On the time table, it shows 4:00 pm for regular time and 1600
(sixteen hundred) for military time.
22. The 24 Clock
This method of keeping time is most commonly used by the military,
government, public transportation, hospitals, meteorologists, those
employed in emergency services, and also with computers.
When speaking in military time, 07:00 may be stated as “zero seven
hundred” or “oh seven hundred”. Also, in the military, these time stamps
are often written without the colon, so 07:52 would rather be written
0752.