TIME DETECTIVE RIDDLES
Grade 4 — Telling Time Challenges
Read each set of clues carefully. Figure out exactly what time is being described, then write your answer in the box
below each riddle.
CHALLENGE 1 [Medium]
• I am between 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock in the morning.
• My number of minutes is even.
• I am less than half an hour away from the next o'clock.
• I am closer to 8 o'clock than to 6 o'clock.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 2 [Medium]
• I am between 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
• My number of minutes is odd.
• I am closer to the next o'clock than to the one before it.
• My minutes are a multiple of 5.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 3 [Medium]
• I am between 9 o'clock in the morning and 12 o'clock noon.
• My number of minutes is odd.
• I am more than half an hour away from the next o'clock.
• My minutes are a multiple of 5.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 4 [Medium]
• I am between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the afternoon.
• My number of minutes is even.
• I am less than 15 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• I am closer to 5pm than to 3pm.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 5 [Medium]
• I am between 10 o'clock in the morning and 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
• My number of minutes is odd.
• I am more than 30 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• I am closer to noon than to 10 o'clock.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 6 [Difficult]
• I am between 2 o'clock and 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
• My number of minutes is even.
• I am less than 15 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• My hour (as a normal number) plus the tens digit of my minutes equals 7.
• I am closer to 4pm than to 3pm.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 7 [Difficult]
• I am between 5 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the evening.
• My number of minutes is even.
• I am more than 30 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• The two digits of my minutes add up to 3.
• I am closer to 5pm than to 8pm.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 8 [Difficult]
• I am between 8 o'clock and 11 o'clock in the morning.
• My number of minutes is odd.
• I am more than 45 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• My minutes are a single-digit number (like 05).
• I am closer to 8am than to 11am.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 9 [Difficult]
• I am between 12 o'clock noon and 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
• My number of minutes is odd.
• I am less than 25 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• The two digits of my minutes add up to 10.
• I am closer to 2pm than to noon.
My answer: __________________
CHALLENGE 10 [Difficult]
• I am between 9 o'clock at night and midnight.
• My number of minutes is odd.
• I am less than 10 minutes away from the next o'clock.
• The two digits of my minutes add up to 8, and their difference is 2.
• I am closer to midnight than to 9 o'clock.
My answer: __________________
ANSWER KEY
For teacher reference
Challenge 1 (Medium) Challenge 2 (Medium)
7:40 AM 2:35 PM
Challenge 3 (Medium) Challenge 4 (Medium)
10:15 AM 4:50 PM
Challenge 5 (Medium) Challenge 6 (Difficult)
11:25 AM 3:48 PM
Challenge 7 (Difficult) Challenge 8 (Difficult)
6:12 PM 9:05 AM
Challenge 9 (Difficult) Challenge 10 (Difficult)
1:37 PM 10:53 PM