Grade 3 Telling Time Worksheets: To the Minute, Elapsed Time, and 24-Hour Clocks

These Grade 3 telling time worksheets read an analog clock to the single minute and then put that skill to work. On the reading pages a child writes times such as '7:43' or 'nineteen minutes past two', counting the small marks between the numbers one by one. Other pages move into elapsed time — a clock shows a start and an end, and the child works out how much time has passed, which is the bridge from reading a clock to actually using one. A few sheets compare 12-hour and 24-hour time, matching three in the afternoon with 15:00, and a final group adds and subtracts spans of time. Reading to the minute, measuring how long something takes, and moving between the two clock systems are the third-grade time skills these pages cover. The clocks and number lines stay roomy, so a child can take each calculation step by step and check it over without any hurry.

This set reads to the exact minute and then asks what to do with it: how much time has passed, what a time looks like on a 24-hour clock, what you get when you add forty minutes to a start time. A child reads carefully, counts the minutes, and writes the answer; the elapsed-time pages give a start and an end, and the child finds the gap between them. It is the point where telling time turns into solving small, real time problems.

Once your child reads to the minute and can work out elapsed time, you can print more of these worksheets as a PDF and keep going on paper. Everything is free, with no sign-up and no account, and there are no timers or scores to rush a careful count. If a calculation comes out wrong, it is simply a chance to walk the minutes again. You can revisit the Grade 2 telling time worksheets for a lighter five-minute warm-up, or browse the full set of printable time worksheets to find the page that fits your child today.