Time

What is Time?

Knowing the concept of time is important in planning our daily activities, which include eating, playing and sleeping. This is a concept we use in our daily lives. We have a special tool referred to as a clock that tells us what time is it

How to read Time?

The hands on the clock are used to tell time. The clock has three hands: the second hand, the minute hand and the hour hand.

Steps to read Time:

• Look at the short hand for the hour.
• Look at the long hand for the minutes.
• If there's a fast-moving hand, that's for seconds.

So, you see where the hands point, and that tells you what time it is. It's like a special code on the clock!"

To write time, first we write the hour, then positioned a colon (:) and write the minutes. For instance, In 4:20, 4 represents hours and 20 represents mins.

Let's see different hands on a clock:

Let's practice reading a clock:

The minute hand shows the various time in an hour in the manner shown here.

What are a.m. and p.m.?

a.m.: a.m. stands for Ante-Meridiem. Time from 12:00 in the midnight to 11:59 in the morning is referred to as 'a.m.'.

p.m.: p.m. stands for Post-Merdiem. Time from 12:00 in the afternoon to late night 11:59 is referred to as 'p.m.'.

Measurements of Time

Some units of time are years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds.

Depending on the month, there will be 28, 29, 30, or 31 days in a month.

Example: What is the time shown in the given clock?

a) 7 o’clock
b) 3 o’clock
c) 8 o’clock
d) 11 o’clock

Answer: c) 8 o’clock

Explanation:  In the given figure the minute hand is at 12 and the hour hand is at 8, which shows the time is 8 o'clock

Example: What is the time shown in the given clock?

a) 10:00:00
b) 10:05:10
c) 10:10:30
d) 10:15:20

Answer: c) 10:10:30

Explanation: In the given figure the hour hand is at 10, the minute hand points at 2 and the second hand is at 30, which shows it is 10:10:30