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Skills Covered

  • Know that a day has 24 hours
  • Change a.m. and p.m. times to 24-hour time
  • Change 24-hour times to 12-hour time with a.m. or p.m.
  • Write noon as 12:00 and midnight as 00:00
  • Read an analog clock and use a clue to choose a.m. or p.m.
  • Read a timetable and find how long a trip takes

How to Use This Pack

Five pages on the two ways of writing a time. Page 1 is a 24-hour clock face, the hours 1 to 12 inside and 13 to 23 and 00 outside, with the rules beside it and a table of p.m. times to finish in both forms. Page 2 changes sixteen 12-hour times to 24-hour time, including noon, times just after midnight and midnight itself, and page 3 changes sixteen 24-hour times back. Page 4 has nine analog clocks, each with a clue such as in the morning or late at night, to write in 12-hour and 24-hour time. Page 5 is a train timetable with five trains and four stations, and six questions about it.

In the Classroom

Begin with page 1 on the board: count around the inside of the clock for the morning and around the outside for the afternoon and evening. Show a bus, train or airport timetable from your town before page 5 and ask why travel times are written in 24-hour time (no mixing up a.m. and p.m.).

At Home

Many phones, ovens and car clocks can show 24-hour time. Switch one over for a day and ask your child to tell you the time in both ways.

Tips for Success

  • For a p.m. time, add 12 to the hour: 4 p.m. is 16:00
  • For a 24-hour time after 12:59, take away 12 and write p.m.
  • Morning hours get a 0 in front: 7:05 a.m. is 07:05
  • Noon is 12:00; midnight is 00:00
  • The minutes never change, only the hour

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 2.MD.C.7 Read and record clock times in 5-minute steps on clock faces and digital displays, and use a.m. and p.m. correctly.
  • 3.MD.A.1 Read and record time to the exact minute, find how many minutes pass between times, and solve story problems adding or subtracting minutes.

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12-Hour and 24-Hour Time

3rd – 4th Grade

A 5-page 12-hour and 24-hour time pack for 3rd and 4th grade. Learn the 24-hour clock with a clock face that shows 13 to 23 and 00 around the outside and finish a conversion table, change sixteen a.m. and p.m. times to 24-hour time and sixteen 24-hour times back to 12-hour time, read analog clocks with a clue like late at night and write each time both ways, and answer questions about a train timetable in 24-hour time. Answer keys included.

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What’s Included

  • 5 worksheets, each with a matching answer key (10 pages)
  • A 24-hour clock face with the rules and a table to finish
  • 32 conversions between 12-hour and 24-hour time
  • Clocks with clues, and a train timetable with questions
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