Math: Telling Time to the Minute
Reading clocks and writing times to the nearest minute
Math: Telling Time to the Minute
Reading clocks and writing times to the nearest minute
Math - Grade 2-3
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An analog clock shows the hour hand just past 3 and the minute hand on the 12. What time is it?
When the minute hand points to 12, it is exactly on the hour.
The time is 3:00. The minute hand on 12 means 0 minutes past the hour. - 2
An analog clock shows the hour hand a little past 7 and the minute hand on the 6. What time is it?
The time is 7:30. The minute hand on 6 means 30 minutes past the hour. - 3
An analog clock shows the hour hand just past 9 and the minute hand on the 3. What time is it?
Count by fives around the clock to find the minutes.
The time is 9:15. The minute hand on 3 means 15 minutes past the hour. - 4
An analog clock shows the hour hand almost at 5 and the minute hand on the 11. What time is it?
The time is 4:55. The minute hand on 11 means 55 minutes past the hour, so the hour is still 4. - 5
Write this digital time in words: 6:42.
Say the hour first, then the minutes.
The time in words is 6:42, or six forty-two. - 6
Write this digital time in words: 12:08.
The time in words is 12:08, or twelve oh-eight. - 7
A clock shows 2:17. Where should the minute hand point on an analog clock?
The 3 on a clock stands for 15 minutes.
The minute hand should point two small marks past the 3. That shows 17 minutes. - 8
A clock shows 8:45. Where should the hour hand be on an analog clock?
The hour hand should be between 8 and 9, closer to 9. It is closer to 9 because 45 minutes have passed. - 9
School starts at 8:15. You arrive 10 minutes early. What time do you arrive?
Count back 10 minutes from 15 minutes past the hour.
You arrive at 8:05. Ten minutes before 8:15 is 8:05. - 10
A movie begins at 1:20 and ends at 2:00. How many minutes long is the movie?
The movie is 40 minutes long. From 1:20 to 2:00 is 40 minutes. - 11
It is 4:50 now. What time will it be in 15 minutes?
You may need to move to the next hour.
In 15 minutes, it will be 5:05. Adding 10 minutes gets to 5:00, and 5 more minutes makes 5:05. - 12
It is 10:35 now. What time was it 20 minutes ago?
Twenty minutes ago, it was 10:15. Counting back 20 minutes from 10:35 gives 10:15. - 13
Write the minutes past the hour for this time: 11:27.
Look at the numbers after the colon.
There are 27 minutes past the hour. The hour is 11 and the minutes are 27. - 14
An analog clock has the minute hand on the 9 and the hour hand between 1 and 2. What time is it?
The time is 1:45. The minute hand on 9 means 45 minutes past the hour. - 15
Lena starts reading at 3:05 and stops at 3:25. How many minutes does she read?
Subtract the minutes or count forward by fives.
Lena reads for 20 minutes. From 3:05 to 3:25 is 20 minutes.