Converting am/pm time

What's the time?
Converting between am/pm

What are we learning?

Learning Intention

We are learning to convert between am and pm notion.

We are learning to solve problems with am and pm notion.


I know I am successful when we can confidently explain the difference between am and pm times.

Word Cloud

What different words do you know for parts of the day?

The most important part of the day

We measure time in two different ways:

1. 24-hour time

2. 12-hour time.

24-hour time is measured from 0:01 in the middle of the night to 23:59 in the middle of the following night.

12-hour time simplifies this and divides the 24 hours in a single day into two parts: before midday and after midday!

What's so special about midday?

The word midday comes from the Latin word, meridiem.

We talk about hours before midday as being ante meridiem or am for short! For example, 7am is seven in the morning.

We talk about hours after midday as being post meridiem or pm! For example, 7pm is seven in the evening.

Multiple Choice

When talking about time, what does 'am' stand for?

• It tells us it's January

• It tells us it's morning

• It tells us it's night time.

• It tells us it's eating time

Multiple Choice

When talking about time, what does 'pm' stand for?

• It tells us it's afternoon / evening .

• It tells us it's eating time.

• It tells us it's time to wake up.

• It tells us it's morning

Categorize

Options (16)

7am

6am

8am

9am

10am

11am

12am

5am

1pm

2pm

3pm

4pm

5pm

6pm

7pm

8pm

Sort the times correctly.

am

pm

Multiple Select

You need to tell a friend what time you will meet at the playground in the afternoon.

What's the correct time you will tell them?

• 5am

• 5pm

• 11am

• 3pm

Reorder

Reorder the times below in the correct order from morning to afternoon / evening.

• 12pm

• 10am

• 5am

• 4pm

• 8am

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5