Time: analogue, digital and elapsed

Reading analogue and digital clocks, and working out elapsed time. Read one part at a time and tap “I know this”. Then test yourself in the quiz.

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Analogue and digital

On an analogue clock the short hand shows the hour and the long hand the minutes. For the long hand, each number is 5 minutes.
A digital clock shows the time in numbers: 07:45.
Quarter past 3 = 3:15; half past 3 = 3:30; quarter to 4 = 3:45.
In 24-hour time, 12:00 is noon and 00:00 is midnight.

Watch out

In Afrikaans half vier means 3:30 (half way to four). In English we say half past three.

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Count on in jumps: from 08:40 to 11:15 → 08:40 to 09:00 (20 min) → 09:00 to 11:00 (2 h) → 11:00 to 11:15 (15 min) = 2 h 35 min.

Unit	Equals
1 minute	60 seconds
1 hour	60 minutes
1 day	24 hours
1 week	7 days
1 year	12 months, about 52 weeks, 365 days (366 days in a leap year, when February has 29 days)

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A minute has 60 seconds; a watch or a clock shows hours, minutes and seconds.
Count days on a calendar: from 28 February 2026 to 5 March 2026 is 5 days (February 2026 has 28 days).
Long ago people measured time with the sun’s shadow (a sundial), an hourglass full of sand, a candle with marks and the phases of the moon.

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Remember this: your summary

Write these points in your book. Read them again the night before the test.

Memory trick

Jump to the whole hour, then hour by hour, then the rest.

Flash cards · Tap to turn over

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Test yourself · Part 2

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Now the real quiz!

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For parents

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