NCERT Class 4 Maths
Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4 Maths Worksheet with Quiz and Activities
NCERT Maths Mela Chapter 12: read clocks, find how long things take, use AM, PM and 24-hour time, and read calendars, months and leap years. On WitKnowLearn you get the Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4 online quiz, online activities and interactive games, maths labs and a practice sheet, all on one page.
Flip the cards and try the Shadow Lab, then tap the Games, Labs or Challenges square.
Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4 Online Quiz
20 questions · tap an answer to move on · full review at the end
Flip the cards, try the Clock Reading Lab, then play the games, do the labs and take the challenges. Earn up to 3 stars in every activity.
Fact cards: tap a card to flip it
Clock Reading Lab
Read six clocks, two at a time. Drag the hour into the first box and the minutes into the second box. A wrong number shows a hint about the hands.
Challenge marks: 0 / 15 (0 of 5 challenges done)
Finish all 5 challenges to see your comment.
Practice sheet
Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4 Activities
Read clocks, count minutes, switch to 24-hour time and turn the calendar pages. Earn up to 3 stars in every activity.
What are clocks and calendars for?
A clock tells us the time of day in hours and minutes. A calendar shows the days, weeks and months of the year.
A train 🚂 timetable uses 24-hour time, so 21:30 means 9:30 at night!
Time facts to know
| Unit | Equal to | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ⏱️ 1 minute | 60 seconds | a short song |
| 🕐 1 hour | 60 minutes | a lesson and a break |
| 🌗 1 day | 24 hours | day and night |
| 📅 1 week | 7 days | Monday to Sunday |
How to read a clock
- Look at the short hand for the hour.
- If it is between two numbers, use the one it has just passed.
- Look at the long hand and count by 5s from 12.
- Write the hour, a colon, then the minutes.
More examples
This Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar worksheet for Class 4 (NCERT Maths Mela Chapter 12) turns time into a train ride with online activities and interactive games. Flip the cards, read clocks in the Clock Reading Lab, then play the games, do the maths labs and try the challenges.
Maths Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4
Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar is Chapter 12 of the new NCERT Maths Mela textbook for Class 4. Children read the hour and minute hands of a clock, work out how long things take and what time it will be later, use AM, PM and 24-hour time, count the hours in a day, read calendars, learn the number of days in each month and find out about leap years and birthdays. This guide explains each idea in simple language for Class 4 students, parents and teachers. It goes with the Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar worksheet for Class 4 on WitKnowLearn, which also gives an online quiz, online activities and interactive games on the same page.
Introduction to NCERT Class 4 Maths Chapter 12: Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar
Book: NCERT Maths Mela, Class 4 (new syllabus). Chapter: 12, Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar. The activities on this page follow the ideas of the chapter in our own words and examples; they are not copied from the textbook.
What is there in this chapter
- Reading the hour hand and the minute hand
- 1 hour = 60 minutes; 1 day = 24 hours
- How long something takes and what time it will be later
- AM, PM and 24-hour time
- Days of the week and dates on a calendar
- Days in each month, leap years, ages and birthdays
Learning objectives
These objectives are written for this page from the chapter's goals; they are not copied from the book.
- Read the time on a clock to the nearest 5 minutes.
- Find time taken and end times in hours and minutes.
- Change between AM/PM time and 24-hour time.
- Use a calendar to find dates, days and ages.
Learning outcomes
After this page a child can:
- Read a clock with the short hand past 8 and the long hand on 3 as 8:15.
- Say that 2:40 PM + 30 minutes is 3:10 PM.
- Write 9:30 PM as 21:30.
- Say that February has 29 days in a leap year.
Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4 resources on this page
| Resource | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ticking Clocks and Turning Calendar Class 4 online quiz | 20 questions in three levels with a full answer review |
| Flip cards | Six cards on clocks, calendars, leap years, 24-hour time, time taken, and AM and PM |
| Clock Reading Lab | Read the hour and the minutes on six clocks |
| 5 interactive games | AM or PM, make 1 hour, 24-hour memory, time gaps, which is longer |
| 5 maths labs | Hours and minutes, time later, 24-hour clock, calendar, seconds, minutes or hours |
| 5 challenges | Marked out of 3 each with a total out of 15 |
| Practice sheet | 16 questions with answer boxes and a live score |
Reading the minute hand
| Long hand on | Minutes | We can say |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 00 | o'clock |
| 3 | 15 | quarter past |
| 6 | 30 | half past |
| 9 | 45 | quarter to |
Types of questions
- Read the clock
- How long did it take?
- What time will it be?
- AM, PM and 24-hour time
- Calendar dates and days
- Leap years, ages and birthdays
Solved examples
Common mistakes
| Mistake | Correct |
|---|---|
| Reading the hour from the long hand | The short hand shows the hour. |
| Long hand on 4 means 4 minutes | It means 4 × 5 = 20 minutes. |
| Writing 4:60 | 60 minutes make the next hour: 5:00. |
| Every February has 28 days | In a leap year it has 29. |
Daily life
We read clocks to catch the school bus, follow a timetable and know when a film starts. Railway and airline tickets use 24-hour time. Calendars help us remember birthdays, festivals and holidays.
Tips for parents and teachers
- Ask the child to read the clock at fixed times every day.
- Time daily jobs like brushing teeth and count the minutes.
- Look at a train ticket and change its 24-hour time to AM or PM.
- Mark family birthdays on a calendar and count the days to the next one.
- Let the child retry the challenges to earn 3 stars.
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- Chapter 4: Thousands Around Us Class 4
- Chapter 5: Sharing and Measuring Class 4
- Chapter 6: Measuring Length Class 4
- Chapter 7: The Cleanest Village Class 4
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- Chapter 9: Equal Groups Class 4
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- Chapter 13: The Transport Museum Class 4
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