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The document provides essential information about time, including conversions between days, hours, minutes, and seconds, as well as details about months and leap years. It explains the function of clock hands, how to read time, and specific time intervals such as quarters and halves. Additionally, it includes a method for telling time to the nearest five minutes.

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The document provides essential information about time, including conversions between days, hours, minutes, and seconds, as well as details about months and leap years. It explains the function of clock hands, how to read time, and specific time intervals such as quarters and halves. Additionally, it includes a method for telling time to the nearest five minutes.

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

TIME
Remember!

a) 1 day = 24 hours
b) 1 hour = 60 minutes
c) 1 minute = 60 seconds
d) 1 hour = 3600 seconds
e) 1 year = 12 months
= 365 days (non-leap year)
= 366 days (leap year)
= 52 weeks
f) 1 fortnight = 2 weeks (14 days)
g) 1 week = 7 days
h) Months with 30 days: April , June, September, November
i) Months with 31 Days : January, March, May, July, August, October, December
j) February = 28 Days (Non Leap Year); 29 Days (Leap Year)

CLOCK

a) A clock generally has 2 hands


b) The smaller hand indicates the hour.
c) The longer hand indicates minutes.
d) A clock has 12 main divisions which are marked 1 to 12. In between 2 consecutive divisions there are 5
sub-divisions. Each sub-division indicates one minute. So, in between 2 consecutive numbers, there are
5 minutes.
e) The hour hand takes 2 rotations in a day.
f) The minute hand takes 24 rotations in a day.
g) 60 minutes =1 hour Minute Hand
h) 30 minutes = half an hour
i) 15 minutes = quarter of an hour. Hour Hand

Telling Time

a) When the minute hand is at 12 it is Full hour/ O’ clock.

$ 4 o’ clock or 4:00

1
b) When the minute hand is at 3, it means 15 minutes have passed since that hour.

8:15 or 15 minutes past 8 or Quarter past 8

c) When the minute hand is at 6, it is half past the hour.

1:30 or half past 1 or 30 minutes past 1

d) When the minute hand is at 9, it means 15 minutes are LEFT for the clock to strike the NEXT hour.

6:45 or quarter to 7

Telling Time to 5 minutes

To tell the time to the exact 5 minutes, multiply the number to which the minute hand is pointing with 5.

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