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Time Y5 Notes

The document provides an overview of time measurement, including units of time such as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. It explains how to read both analog and digital clocks, as well as how to calculate elapsed time between events. Additionally, it highlights real-life applications of time understanding and includes practice problems for students.

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Time Y5 Notes

The document provides an overview of time measurement, including units of time such as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. It explains how to read both analog and digital clocks, as well as how to calculate elapsed time between events. Additionally, it highlights real-life applications of time understanding and includes practice problems for students.

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Year 5 Math Notes: Time Measurement

Understanding Time

Time is a way to measure the passing of events. We use units like seconds, minutes,
hours, days, weeks, months, and years.

1. Seconds: The smallest unit of time we commonly use. There are 60 seconds in a
minute.

2. Minutes: There are 60 minutes in an hour.

3. Hours: There are 24 hours in a day.

4. Days: There are 7 days in a week.

5. Weeks: There are about 4 weeks in a month.

6. Months: There are 12 months in a year.

7. Years: A year is 365 days, or 366 days in a leap year.

Reading Clocks

We use clocks to tell time. There are two types of clocks: analog and digital.

Analog Clocks: These have an hour hand, a minute hand, and sometimes a second
hand. The numbers 1 to 12 are arranged in a circle.

1. The short hand shows the hour.

2. The long hand shows the minutes.

3. The second hand shows the seconds.

Digital Clocks: These show time with numbers. For example, 3:45 means 3 hours and 45
minutes.

Calculating Elapsed Time

Elapsed time is the amount of time that has passed between two events.

To calculate elapsed time:

1. Write down the start time and end time.


2. Count the hours between the start and end time.

3. Count the minutes between the start and end time.

4. Combine the hours and minutes to find the total elapsed time.

Example: If a movie starts at 2:30 PM and ends at 4:00 PM, the elapsed time is 1 hour
and 30 minutes.

Real-Life Applications

Understanding time helps us in many ways:

1. Daily Schedule: Knowing what time it is helps us plan our day.

2. Cooking: Recipes often tell us how long to cook something.

3. Travel: We need to know the time to catch buses, trains, or flights.

4. Sports: Games and races are timed.

Practice Problems

1. What time will it be 3 hours after 1:00 PM?

2. How many minutes are there between 2:15 PM and 3:00 PM?

3. If a show starts at 6:45 PM and ends at 8:00 PM, how long is the show
This means

1 day = 24 hours

1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60
seconds A.M. and
P.M.

• The time from 12:00 midnight to 12:00 noon is indicated by a.m. (ante meridiem).
• The time from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight is indicated by p.m. (post meridiem).

Time measurement for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 45 minutes can be


represented as follows.

Quarter to - This means there are 15 minutes remaining to complete


the given hour. For e.g., 02:45 means, there are 15 minutes to reach
3:00. This is read as "quarter to three".

Quarter past - This means 15 minutes have passed after the hour has started. For e.g.,
04:15 means, 15 minutes have passed after 4:00. This is read as "quarter past four".

Half-past - This means 30 minutes have passed after the hour has started. For e.g.,
06:30 means, 30 minutes have passed after 6:00. This is read as "half-past six".
Reading Time to the Exact Minute

A clock has 12 sections. Each number denotes an hour.

There are three hands in a clock, the hour hand, the minute hand, and the second hand.

The small hand is the hour hand and the hand bigger than the hour hand is the minute
hand, and the hand that moves relatively quicker than the other two hands is the
second hand or sweep.

• When the hour hand moves from one number to another, 1 hour passes.
• When the minute hand moves from one number to another, 5 minutes pass.
• Small divisions between any two consecutive numbers represent 1 minute each.
• When the minute hand moves from one small division to the next small division, 1
minute passes.

• When the minute hand completes one full circle, 60 minutes (1 hour) pass.
Here is a table that shows the minutes indicated by the numbers on a clock.

Numbers Minutes
1 indicates 5 minutes

2 indicates 10 minutes

3 indicates 15 minutes

4 indicates 20 minutes

5 indicates 25 minutes

6 indicates 30 minutes

7 indicates 35 minutes

8 indicates 40 minutes

9 indicates 45 minutes

10 indicates 50 minutes

11 indicates 55 minutes

12 indicates 60 minutes or 00 minutes

Now, let’s see an e.g., to read time from a clock.

In the clock given above, the hour hand is


between 2 and 3 so it is for 2 hours. The
minute hand is at 4. So, it is 4 x 5 minutes =
20 minutes. So, the time is 2 hours 20
minutes (02:20).

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