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Time (Very Easy)

This 11 Plus Maths quiz helps pupils practise time skills, such as reading clocks, understanding leap years, and converting hours, minutes, and seconds.

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Fascinating Fact:

A leap year happens every four years, adding one extra day to February to keep the calendar in line with Earth’s orbit.

In 11 Plus Maths, pupils learn how to measure and compare time using clocks and calendars. These skills help with planning, problem-solving, and understanding daily routines.

Key Terms

Leap Year: A year with 366 days instead of 365, created to match the Earth’s orbit around the Sun.
Minute: A unit of time equal to 60 seconds. There are 60 minutes in one hour.
Analogue Clock: A clock that shows time with moving hands for hours, minutes, and seconds.

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Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How can I tell the time easily on an analogue clock?

Look at the short hand for hours and the long hand for minutes. Remember that each number on the clock face represents five minutes.

Why do we have leap years?

Leap years keep our calendar accurate because the Earth takes about 365.25 days to orbit the Sun. Adding one day every four years keeps the timing correct.

How do you convert minutes into hours?

Divide the number of minutes by 60 to find the number of hours. For example, 120 minutes divided by 60 equals two hours.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .

Why is 'time' important?

It makes us buy watches

It makes us learn how to tell the time

It puts events in order by telling us when they happened, happen or will happen

It isn't really important

For example: John spoke to Peter yesterday; he is now speaking to Andrew and he will speak to Dave tomorrow. Time isn't just for 'telling the time'. In grammar, time is divided into past, present and future

2 .

Which one of the following is the same as 7 days?

A decade

A year

A month

A week

Seven days in a week. The ancient Roman and Greek weeks had eight days

3 .

Which one of the following can't be the number of days in a month?

February has the least number of days: 28 days

4 .

How many months are there in a leap year?

The number of months NEVER changes. D'oh!

5 .

How many weeks are there in a calendar year?

52 weeks in a year

6 .

How many weeks are there in a fortnight?

None - a fortnight is four days

This means there are two fortnights in a month

7 .

It is 12 noon. If your watch is running one hour slow, what time does it show?

We don't know because it is running slow

1 o'clock in the afternoon

11 o'clock in the morning

11 o'clock at night

Noon is midday: 12 o'clock is the middle of the day

8 .

If you saw the time 7:40, how would you say this in words?

Forty to eight

Twenty past eight

Twenty past seven

Twenty to eight

If the number of minutes passes '30', the time is read as 'so many minutes (less than 30) TO the next hour', e.g. '6:35' is read as twenty-five to seven. It's 25 minutes because 35 minutes have already passed: 25 + 35 = 60 = the number of minutes in an hour. You need only use the word 'minutes' if the number of minutes is NOT a multiple of 5, e.g. '3:42' is read as eighteen minutes to four because 18 is NOT a multiple of 5

9 .

If you saw the time 7:25, how would you say this in words?

Twenty-five past seven

Twenty-five past eight

Twenty-five to eight

Thirty-five past seven

If the number of minutes doesn't pass '30', the time is read as 'so many minutes (less than 30) PAST the give hour, e.g. '2:20' is read as twenty past two. You need only use the word 'minutes' if the number of minutes is NOT a multiple of 5, e.g. '3:22' is read as twenty-two minutes past 3 because 22 is NOT a multiple of 5

10 .

If your friend asked you to meet him at exactly 3 pm, when would you meet him?

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon

At 3 o'clock in the morning

At some time in the afternoon after 3 o'clock

At some time in the morning before 3 o'clock

pm = post meridiem = between 12 noon and 12 midnight; am = ante meridiem = between 12 midnight and 12 noon. Learn this!

Author: Frank Evans (Specialist 11 Plus Teacher and Tutor)