Time and Calendar Worksheet for Class 3 ICSE — Free PDF with Answers

Time is one of the most practical mathematics topics a child will ever learn. Knowing how to read a clock, calculate how long an activity takes, and navigate a calendar are skills used every single day.

In Class 3, the ICSE syllabus expands on the basics learned in earlier grades. Children move from simply reading hours and half-hours to telling time to the exact minute, distinguishing a.m. from p.m., calculating elapsed time, and working with days, weeks, months, and years on a calendar.

The ICSE board, governed by CISCE, expects children to handle both analogue (clock face) and digital time formats. They must also connect time to real-life schedules — school timetables, train timings, and daily routines. This Class 3 ICSE time and calendar worksheet provides 60 questions across three levels, building these essential skills progressively. Every question includes a detailed solution.

The ICSE Class 3 time and calendar curriculum covers the following.

Reading time to the minute. The hour hand, minute hand, and their positions. Telling time as "twenty-five past three" or $3{:}25$.

a.m. and p.m. Understanding that a.m. covers midnight to noon and p.m. covers noon to midnight. Relating events to the correct period — breakfast at $8{:}00$ a.m., dinner at $7{:}30$ p.m.

Conversion between hours and minutes. $1$ hour $= 60$ minutes. Converting: $2$ hours $30$ minutes $= 150$ minutes.

Elapsed time. Calculating how much time has passed. If a movie starts at $4{:}15$ p.m. and ends at $6{:}45$ p.m., the duration is $2$ hours $30$ minutes.

Days, weeks, months, and years. $1$ week $= 7$ days. Months have $28$, $29$, $30$, or $31$ days. $1$ year $= 12$ months $= 365$ days ($366$ in a leap year).

Reading a calendar. Finding the day of a given date, counting days between dates, and identifying the number of Sundays in a month.

Leap years. A year divisible by $4$ is a leap year (with exceptions for century years). February has $29$ days in a leap year.

Word problems. Scheduling, travel time, and duration problems rooted in everyday life.

The worksheet covers a wide range of time and calendar skills.

• Read the clock — What time does the clock show? Write in digital format.
  - Draw the hands — Show $7{:}40$ on a blank clock face.
  - a.m. or p.m.? — You eat lunch at $1{:}00$ ___. School starts at $8{:}00$ ___.
  - Convert — $3$ hours $15$ minutes $=$ ___ minutes.
  - Elapsed time — A class starts at $10{:}20$ a.m. and ends at $11{:}05$ a.m. How long is the class?
  - Calendar reading — Look at the calendar for April 2026. What day is April 15?
  - Days in a month — How many days are in September? In February 2028?
  - Word problems — A bus leaves at $9{:}30$ a.m. and reaches at $12{:}15$ p.m. How long is the journey?
  - Before and after — What time is it $45$ minutes after $3{:}30$ p.m.?
  - Ordering events — Arrange these daily activities in order of time: dinner, breakfast, school, bedtime.

The variety ensures children develop a well-rounded understanding of time and its applications.

Level 1 focuses on telling time accurately and knowing basic calendar facts.

Sample questions:

1. Write the time shown on a clock where the hour hand is between 4 and 5, and the minute hand points to 6.
*Answer: $4{:}30$ (half past four).*

2. Is $7{:}00$ in the morning a.m. or p.m.?
Answer: a.m. Morning times before noon are a.m.

3. How many minutes are in $1$ hour?
*Answer: $60$ minutes.*

4. How many days are in the month of March?
*Answer: $31$ days.*

5. What day comes after Wednesday?
Answer: Thursday.

Level 1 establishes the foundational knowledge. Children should be able to read any clock position and recall basic calendar facts from memory.

A helpful daily practice: ask your child to read the kitchen or classroom clock several times a day and state the time in both words ("twenty past nine") and digital format ($9{:}20$).

Level 2 introduces calculating time differences and converting between hours and minutes.

Sample questions:

1. Convert $2$ hours $45$ minutes to minutes.
*Answer: $2 \times 60 + 45 = 120 + 45 = 165$ minutes.*

2. A cartoon starts at $5{:}15$ p.m. and ends at $5{:}50$ p.m. How long is the cartoon?
*Answer: $5{:}50 - 5{:}15 = 35$ minutes.*

3. What time is it $1$ hour $20$ minutes after $9{:}45$ a.m.?
*Answer: $9{:}45 + 1{:}20$. Minutes: $45 + 20 = 65 = 1$ hour $5$ minutes. Carry $1$ hour. Hours: $9 + 1 + 1 = 11$. Answer: $11{:}05$ a.m.*

4. February 2028 has how many days? Is 2028 a leap year?
*Answer: $2028 \div 4 = 507$ (exactly divisible). So 2028 is a leap year and February has $29$ days.*

5. Using a calendar for July (which starts on a Wednesday), what day is July 18?
Answer: July 1 is Wednesday. July 8 is Wednesday. July 15 is Wednesday. July 18 is Saturday (3 days after Wednesday the 15th).

Level 2 builds the crucial skill of elapsed time calculation. The key technique is to count forward from the start time to the end time, first completing the hour and then adding remaining minutes.

Level 3 combines time skills with multi-step reasoning and practical scenarios.

Sample questions:

1. A train departs at $8{:}45$ a.m. and arrives at $1{:}15$ p.m. How long is the journey?
*Answer: From $8{:}45$ a.m. to $1{:}15$ p.m.: $8{:}45$ to $9{:}00$ is $15$ min. $9{:}00$ to $1{:}00$ is $4$ hours. $1{:}00$ to $1{:}15$ is $15$ min. Total: $4$ hours $30$ minutes.*

2. Aman studies for $1$ hour $30$ minutes in the morning and $2$ hours $15$ minutes in the evening. How much time does he study in total?
*Answer: $1$ h $30$ min $+ 2$ h $15$ min $= 3$ h $45$ min.*

3. A cricket match starts at $10{:}00$ a.m. The first innings takes $2$ hours $45$ minutes. There is a $30$-minute break. The second innings takes $2$ hours $30$ minutes. When does the match end?
*Answer: First innings ends at $12{:}45$ p.m. Break ends at $1{:}15$ p.m. Second innings ends at $3{:}45$ p.m.*

4. How many Saturdays are in a month that has $31$ days and starts on a Thursday?
*Answer: Day 1 = Thu, Day 2 = Fri, Day 3 = Sat. Then Sat falls on 3, 10, 17, 24, 31. There are $5$ Saturdays.*

5. Priya's school starts at $7{:}50$ a.m. and ends at $1{:}30$ p.m. She then has a $45$-minute bus ride home. What time does she reach home?
*Answer: $1{:}30$ p.m. $+ 45$ min $= 2{:}15$ p.m.*

These multi-step problems reflect the kind of real-life time calculations that ICSE exams test, requiring children to chain together multiple time operations.

Keep an analogue clock visible. Digital clocks are convenient but do not teach the spatial relationship between hours and minutes. An analogue clock in the study area gives your child constant practice reading time.

Use schedules. Create a daily timetable with your child: wake up at $6{:}30$ a.m., breakfast at $7{:}15$ a.m., leave for school at $7{:}45$ a.m. Ask: "How long between breakfast and leaving?" This makes elapsed time a daily exercise.

Cook with a timer. "The cake needs $40$ minutes. It went in at $5{:}20$. What time should we take it out?" Cooking timers are perfect for practising time addition.

Explore a calendar together. At the start of each month, look at the calendar. Count the days, find which day holidays fall on, and calculate how many school days there are. This builds calendar fluency naturally.

Play "how long" games. Start a timer when your child begins a task. When they finish, ask how many minutes it took. Was it more or less than they expected? This develops time estimation.

Discuss travel times. "We left at $4{:}00$ and arrived at $4{:}50$. How long did the trip take?" Car and bus journeys provide natural elapsed-time problems.

SparkEd provides two free resources for ICSE Class 3 time and calendar.

Free printable worksheet. Download a PDF with 60 questions across three levels — clock reading, a.m./p.m., elapsed time, conversions, calendar problems, and multi-step word problems. Every answer includes a detailed solution. Download the Time & Calendar worksheet here.

Online interactive practice. Answer time and calendar questions on screen with instant feedback. SparkEd's visual clock faces help children see the time, not just calculate it. Start practising Time & Calendar online.

Both resources are aligned to the ICSE (CISCE) syllabus. The question types match what your child encounters in ICSE school exams. Worksheets are free to download, and online practice is free with a SparkEd account.

Time skills connect to many other maths topics. The hour-minute conversion ($1$ hour $= 60$ minutes) reinforces the idea of unit conversions learned in Measurement, and elapsed time uses the same addition and subtraction skills practised in the Addition & Subtraction worksheet.