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Telling Time — Analog & Digital
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How to read time
• Short hand = hour · Long hand = minute
• Each number = 5 minutes (1→5, 2→10…)
• Quarter past = :15 · Half past = :30 · Quarter to = :45
• AM: midnight–noon · PM: noon–midnight
AM / PM
• AM: 00:00–11:59 (midnight→noon) · PM: 12:00–23:59 (noon→midnight)
• 12:00 AM = midnight · 12:00 PM = noon
• 12h→24h: add 12 for PM (except 12 PM); 12 AM=00:00
Examples
• 3:40 = “forty past three” (or 20 to 4)
• From 2:10 to 3:45 → 1 hour 35 minutes
• 10:20 AM → 2:45 PM = 1:40 + 2:45 = 4:25
• 9:50 PM → 1:15 AM = 0:10 + 1:15 = 1:25
MeBest Cheatsheet — Telling Time (SVG)