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MathematicsMeasurementusually ages 8–9

12-hour and 24-hour time

Read, write, and convert time between analogue and digital 12-hour and 24-hour clocks

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If a train timetable shows a departure at 14:35, can your child convert that to 12-hour clock time — and tell you whether that's morning or afternoon?

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Builds on
Telling time to the minute (age 7+)ages 7–812/24hr clock reading builds on telling time to 5 minutes with am/pm
12-hour and 24-hour timethis skill · ages 8–9
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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9M5M03high confidenceYear 5 · Measurement

compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and solve practical problems involving the conversion between them

AC9M3M04high confidenceYear 3 · Measurement

describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute

AC9M2M04high confidenceYear 2 · Measurement

recognise and read the time represented on an analog clock to the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA3-NSM-02high confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 3
MA2-NSM-02medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 2

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M5M03high confidenceMathematics · Level 5 · Measurement strand
VC2M2M04medium confidenceMathematics · Level 2 · Measurement strand
VC2M3M04medium confidenceMathematics · Level 3 · Measurement strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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