Reading and Recording Digital Time on a Clock

This lesson teaches how to read and record digital time by understanding the numbers on a digital clock. It covers the basics of time measurement, including seconds, minutes, hours, and days, and explains the AM/PM system. The lesson details how to read hours and minutes on a digital clock, how to record time accurately, and addresses common misunderstandings such as the importance of leading zeros in minutes and transitioning from one hour to the next.

How many hours are there in a full day?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 48 hours

• 60 hours

What numbers are used to represent the hour on a digital clock?

• 1 through 24

• 0 through 59

• 1 through 12

• 0 through 23

What happens when the 59th minute of an hour has passed?

• The hour resets to 0

• The next hour begins

• The clock stops

• The minutes continue to 60

If the time is 8:05, how would you read it?

• Eight zero five

• Five after eight

• Five past eight

• Eight five

How should you write the time if it is 1 minute past 5 o'clock?

• 5:10

• 5:01

• 5:00

• 5:1

What is the correct way to record 9 minutes past the hour?

• 9

• 09

• 90

• 09:00

What is a common mistake when recording time at the end of an hour?

• Writing 3:01 instead of 3:00

• Writing 2:60 instead of 3:00

• Writing 3:00 instead of 2:60

• Writing 2:59 instead of 3:00