Time and Clock
We will be telling the time.
To help student with his learning, making a clock would be useful.
An hour
A day is divided into 24 hours.
19 6
18 7
13 12
Hours on the clock
A clock counts 12 hours.
In one day it goes round twice.
12 24
3 21
This clock shows the hours in black on the inside, and the minutes in
blue around the outside (most clocks don’t show the minutes).
Can you see a pattern between the hours on the inside and the
minutes on the outside?
How many minutes past does the blue hand show?
Does it show 2 minutes past or 10 minutes past?
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Black numbers are the hours and blue numbers are the minutes.
We read the time as ‘minutes past or to the hour’.
Think of it as ‘blue minutes past or to black’.
The time is 10 minutes past 12.
How many minutes past is the minute hand pointing to?
What time does the clock show?
(hint – blue past black)
The time is 20 minutes past 1.
The time is 25 minutes past 3. Can you explain why?
After the minute hand passes ‘half past’, the time stops being ‘minutes past’
and becomes ‘minutes to’.
This is slightly trickier because the minutes on the outside of the clock are
still counting past the hour.
This clock makes it easier to read the minutes to the hour because all the
numbers in green show the minutes to the hour.
The time will now be ‘green minutes to black’.
How many minutes is it to the hour?
What time is this clock showing us?
What time is it?
It is 10 minutes to 8.
Which clock shows 10 minutes to 2?
Which clock shows 25 minutes past 11?
Which clock shows 25 minutes to 11?
Which clock shows 10 minutes to 2?
Which clock shows 25 minutes past 11?
Which clock shows 25 minutes to 11?
The time is 4 o’clock.
The programme that I am going to watch lasts for 30 minutes.
What time will it finish? How do you know?
It will finish at half past 4.
You might have counted round the clock in 5’s moving the minute hand until you reached 30.
Match these! What will be the time in 30 minutes?
20 minutes past 2
10 o’clock
10 minutes to 12
Let’s check!
20 minutes past 2
10 o’clock
10 minutes to 12
The time is 4 o’clock.
The football game started 1 hour earlier.
What time did it start? How do you know?
It started at 3 o’clock.
You might have counted back round the clock in 5’s moving the minute hand until you reached 60
or you might have known that 1 full turn of the minute hand is 1 hour. You might also have
known that 4 - 1 is 3.
Match these! What would the time have been 1 hour
(or you could say 60 minutes) earlier?
quarter to 9
25 minutes past 6
8 o’clock
Let’s check!
quarter to 9
25 minutes past 6
8 o’clock
With someone at home, order these times from
the shortest to the longest. Explain how you
know.
This clock shows a 30 minute duration.
Do you know why?
Hint - count in 5s using the numbers on the clock to help you!
This clock shows a 15 minute duration.
Do you know why?
Hint - count in 5s using the numbers on the clock to help you!
I started reading my book at 9 o’clock.
I read it for 20 minutes.
What time did I finish reading?
If you have a clock, make 9 o’clock. Count round in 5’s with the minute hand until you count
to 20. What time is it?
It would be 20 minutes past 9.
Let’s try another one!
I got on the bus at 20 minutes past 5.
I was on the bus for 35 minutes.
What time did I get off the bus?
Hint: start at the minute hand and count in 5s until
you reach 35.
What time is it?
It would be 5 minutes to 6.
Try these! How long did I get to play on the ipad for?
Remember to count in 5s!
start end start end
I played on my ipad for 20
minutes.
I played on my ipad for 10
minutes.