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6.4 Understanding the 24-hour clock
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The 24-hour clock START: END: START: END:

midnight “sunrise” midday “sunset” midnight
night morning Afternoon night

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The 12-hour clock
midnight “sunrise” midday “sunset” midnight

a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m.
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Two kinds of clocks 32. 33. 34. 35.
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An analogue clock is usually a 12-hour
clock. The 12-hour clock on the right shows
half past four.

The hour hand is halfway between 4 and 5.
The minute hand is on 30 minutes. Analogue
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A digital clock is usually a 24-hour clock. 37. 12-hour clock 38. 42. 39. 43. 44.
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The time on the 24-hour clock on the right is
04:30; this is 4 hours and 30 minutes after
midnight or 4:30 a.m. 45. Digital
If you wake up at six o’clock in the 24-hour clock
morning, the time on a 24-hour clock will
show 06:00. This is the same as 6 a.m. If we have supper at six 42. 43. 44.
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o’clock in the evening, the time on the 24-hour clock will show
18:00. This is the same as 6 p.m.

On the 24-hour clock, midnight is 24:00. But because the new
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day begins at the same time as the old day ends, midnight is
usually indicated as 00:00.

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