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Maths · Grade 2 · Set C
Telling the time to five minutes: a step further
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Remember: Hour first, then count the minutes by fives. The short hand has not reached the next hour until the long hand is back on 12.

Read the clock

Write times like 7:05. The short hand tells the hour. Count the minutes by fives.

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Look at the clock. Write the time.
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What time is it?
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Only the short hand is shown. It has just passed the 2. What hour is it?
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The long hand points to the 10. Count by fives. How many minutes past the hour?
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Which clock shows 7:35?
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B
C
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Pip eats breakfast. The sun is coming up. Which time is it?
8:25 p.m.8:25 a.m.5:40 a.m.
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The moon is out. Pip is going to bed. Which time is it?
9:50 a.m.9:50 p.m.10:50 p.m.
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At 5:55, the short hand is almost on the 6.
TrueFalse
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This clock shows 5:20.
TrueFalse
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Join each long-hand number to its minutes.
  1. 1long hand on 1
  2. 2long hand on 4
  3. 3long hand on 7
  4. 4long hand on 10
  • A20 minutes
  • B5 minutes
  • C50 minutes
  • D35 minutes
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Put the day in order. Morning first.
  • 7:35 p.m. bath
  • 11:10 a.m. art class
  • 1:55 p.m. library
  • 5:45 a.m. sunrise
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Draw the hands to show 12:05.
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Draw the hands to show 7:50.
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Look at the clock. Write the time and tell which hand you read first.
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Answer key · Set C
Telling the time to five minutes: a step further
112:05 The short hand has just passed the 12. The long hand is on 1, which is 5 minutes: 12:05.
24:55 The short hand has not reached the 5 yet, so the hour is 4. The long hand is on 11: 55 minutes.
32 The hour is the number the short hand has passed: 2.
450 Count by fives to the 10: 50 minutes.
5A 7:35 has the short hand halfway between the 7 and the 8 and the long hand on the 7.
68:25 a.m. The short hand is past the 8 and the long hand is on 5: 8:25. Breakfast is in the morning, so a.m.
79:50 p.m. The short hand has not reached the 10, so the hour is 9. At night it is p.m.
8True At 5:55 it is nearly 6 o'clock, so the short hand is almost on the 6.
9False The short hand is just past the 4 and the long hand is on the 1, which is 5 minutes: 4:05.
101-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C
114, 2, 3, 1 a.m. times come before noon and p.m. times after it.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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