1. Telling time
 Let rev w tyou area
’s iew ha l dy
know ..
…

2. You know that the clock has
two hands. The long hand
is the minute hand and the
short hand is the hour
hand.

4.  For example: When the minute hand is on
the 6, that means that it is 30 minutes past
the hour . We can use multiplication to help
out too. 6 X 5 = 30

5.  Keep
going….you’re
doing a great
job..

6. More clock 5’s
 If the minute hand is on the 3, how many minutes
past the hour is it?
 15
 How about on the 8?
 40
 How about on the 5?
 25
 How about on the 7?
 35
 How about on the 11?
 55

7.  The minute hand goes around once for every
hour. When the minute hand is on the 12, the
hour hand is pointing exactly at an hour.
When it has gone exactly between the hours,
it is called “half-past” the hour. When the
minute hand points to the 3, it has gone a
quarter of the way around, so it’s “a quarter
past” the hour.

8.  Now you are
really sailing
through this
activity………
keep up the
good work.

9.  An hour is 60 minutes, a quarter of that is
15minutes. So our “quarter past 4” is the
same as 15 minutes past 4. That’s what it
means when the minute hand points at the 3
on the clock. It is written as 4:15. The 4 is the
last number the hour hand pointed at, and
the 3 is the number the minute hand points
at.

10.  Let’s say that the hour hand is past the 1, in
fact more than halfway to the 2, the minute
hand points to the 7, meaning that it’s 35
minutes past the hour. That’s a little more
than half-past one.
 You can also call this 25 before 2.

11. How do you know that?
You can count by fives while you imagine the
minute hand continues around to the 12. It
will take 5 minutes to get to the 8, 10 to get to
the 9, then 15, 20, 25 minutes to get to the 12.
So it’s 25 minutes until the next hour, which
is 2.

12.  The hardest times to read are when it’s just
before an hour. That’s when it’s important to
understand how the hour hand moves.
Suppose it’s just five minutes before 2
o’clock. Then the hour hand is also at the 2,
and the minute hand is at the 11. But we read
this as 1:55, not 2:55, because it’s 55 minutes
after 1 and 5 minutes before 2.

13. We are almost finished
 You are
amazing……..I
knew you
could do it.

14.  The last step will be to learn to read minutes
between the fives. That can wait until you’re
ready. It’s best if you have a clock that has a
little mark at every minute. Usually we don’t
need to be that exact. If the minute hand
points near the 7, but not exactly, you can say
“it’s about 1:35.”

15. The big numbers
 The big numbers on the clock tell what
number hour it is when the hour hand points
there, but each one also stand for five
minutes. It will be helpful to get a clock with
the minute markings on it. Once you get
used to it, you should be able to imagine the
minute numbers around the outside, by just
counting by fives.

16.  Our time is up
for today. Now
all you have to
do is to
practice the
skills you have
learned.