How it works
Read the hour first, then count the minutes in fives and then ones.
To find when something ends, jump along a number line: to the next hour, then the rest.
At the hour, mind the sixty: 60 minutes make one hour.
Worked examples
Read the minute
- The short hand is between 10 and 11. The long hand is between the 3 and the 4.
- The 3 is 15 minutes. Two more little marks make 17.
- The time is 10:17.
On the nine
- The short hand is between 12 and 1. The long hand is on the 9.
- 9 × 5 = 45 minutes.
- The time is 12:45.
When does it end?
- A show starts at 12:50 and lasts 15 minutes.
- From 12:50 to 1:00 is 10 minutes. 15 − 10 = 5 more minutes.
- It ends at 1:05.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- What time is it? Write the hour, a colon, then the minutes. ___
- Write the time on the clock. ___
- Read the clock to the minute. ___
- Which clock shows 8:15?
- The clock shows 3:07.