There are two ways of writing time. First way is use hours from 1 to 12.

So time before noon use -------> AM (ante meridiem)

and time after noon use -------> PM (post meridiem)

The second way is use time hours from 1 to 24, here the period is of 24 hours. So for PM, after 12 we count 13,14,15,...,24.

If there is 10 PM ------> 12 + 10 = 22:00

If there is 11 pm ------> 12+ 11 = 23:00

Now here you can see the actual clock. There are two hands in it 1) hour hand 2) minute hand. Hour Hand : It is shorter hand in a clock. It moves slowly. Minute Hand : It is longer than the hour hand and it moves faster.

If the hour hand is at 10 and minute hand is at 12 then we say that its 10 o'clock.

Examples :

Position of hour hand 11 9 6 5 2

Position of min hand 12 12 12 12 12

Time 11 o'clock 9 o'clock 6 o'clock 5 o'clock 2 o'clock

Practice

Write the time according to the position of hour and minute hand.

1) Hour hand at ---> 3 ; Minute hand at -----> 12
2) Hour hand at ---> 12 ; Minute hand at -----> 12
3) Hour hand at ---> 8 ; Minute hand at -----> 12
4) Hour hand at ---> 10 ; Minute hand at -----> 12
5) Hour hand at ---> 7 ; Minute hand at -----> 12

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