Time patterns

key notes :

🎯 1. Understanding Time Patterns

  • Time patterns are sequences that follow a regular, predictable cycle.
  • They help us understand how events repeat over time.

🕒 2. Types of Time Patterns

Daily Patterns

  • The sun rises and sets every day.
  • Morning, afternoon, evening, and night happen in the same order daily.

Weekly Patterns

  • There are 7 days in a week — Sunday to Saturday, repeating weekly.
  • School days and weekends form a pattern.

Monthly Patterns

  • A month usually has 30 or 31 days (February has 28 or 29 days in a leap year).
  • Phases of the moon repeat in a monthly cycle.

Yearly Patterns

  • 12 months make a year, repeating annually.
  • Seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) follow a yearly cycle.
  • Birthdays and holidays come around once every year.

🔢 3. Identifying Time Patterns in Numbers

  • Skip counting (e.g., counting every 5 minutes on a clock — 5, 10, 15…).
  • Time intervals — e.g., clocks show minutes passing in patterns of 5s and 10s.
  • Calendars follow patterns of weeks and months.

🧠 4. Real-Life Examples

  • School schedule (classes, lunch, breaks repeat every day).
  • TV programs come on at the same time weekly.
  • Bus or train schedules follow time patterns.

Learn with an example

➡️ Which is the missing time?

Look for a pattern. Each time is 15 minutes later than the time before it. To complete the pattern, the missing time must be 15 minutes later than 1:45. The missing time is 2:00.

➡️ Which is the missing time?

First, read the time on each clock:

Look for a pattern. Each time is 1 hour later than the time before it. To complete the pattern, the missing time must be 1 hour later than 2:00. The missing time is 3:00.

Now find the clock that shows 3:00. This clock shows 3:00:

➡️ Which is the missing time?

Look for a pattern. Each time is 15 minutes later than the time before it. To complete the pattern, the missing time must be 15 minutes later than 1:30. The missing time is 1:45.

Let’s practice!🖊️