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Time to 5 minutes, a.m. and p.m. — Maths worksheet

The minute hand moves 5 minutes from one number to the next. So when it points at 9, it is 9 × 5 = 45 minutes past the hour; with the hour hand just past 3, the time is 3:45. Times from midnight to noon are a.m. (morning); from noon to midnight they are p.m. (afternoon, evening and night).

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Count in fives — “the minute hand on 1 is 5 minutes, on 2 is 10 minutes … on 9 is 45 minutes”

  1. Minutes = number the minute hand points at × 5.
  2. Write the hour, a colon, then the minutes in two digits: 3:05, 3:45.
  3. a.m. = midnight to noon; p.m. = noon to midnight.
  4. Minutes between two times in the same hour = later minutes − earlier minutes.

Use it for: Reading a wall clock, school and TV timings, and the time chapter of Class 3 maths.

Worked example: The hour hand is just past 3 and the minute hand points at 9. What time is it? → 3:45

  1. Minute hand at 9: 9 × 5 = 45 minutes.
  2. Hour 3, 45 minutes: 3:45.

Check: In 15 more minutes the minute hand reaches 12 and it is 4 o’clock ✓

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