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Telling time review
CCSS.Math:
Review telling time on an analog clock, and try some practice problems.
Analog clocks
Time is told in start color #ca337c, start text, h, o, u, r, s, end text, end color #ca337c and start color #11accd, start text, m, i, n, u, t, e, s, end text, end color #11accd. For example, if the time is start color #ca337c, 9, end color #ca337c, space, colon, start color #11accd, 39, end color #11accd, the start color #ca337c, start text, h, o, u, r, end text, end color #ca337c is start color #ca337c, 9, end color #ca337c and the start color #11accd, start text, m, i, n, u, t, e, s, end text, end color #11accd are start color #11accd, 39, end color #11accd. Another way to think of this is that the time is start color #11accd, 39, end color #11accd start color #11accd, start text, m, i, n, u, t, e, s, end text, end color #11accd after start color #ca337c, 9, end color #ca337c o'clock.
There are two hands on an analog clock. The short hand is the start color #ca337c, start text, h, o, u, r, space, h, a, n, d, end text, end color #ca337c. The long hand is the start color #11accd, start text, m, i, n, u, t, e, space, h, a, n, d, end text, end color #11accd.
Reading the hour hand
The hour is the number that the hour hand is either pointing to or has most recently passed.
For example, on all the following clocks, the hour is 3 o'clock.
Reading the minute hand
The minute hand starts at the top of the clock facing the 12. This represents 0 minutes after the hour. Every minute after this, the minute hand moves one tick mark to the right.
For example, on the following clock the minute hand has moved 14 tick marks from the top of the clock. So, the minutes are 14.
Want to learn more about telling time? Check out this video.
Example
What time is it?
The hour hand is between 6 and 7, so it is after 6 o'clock but not yet 7 o'clock.
The hour is 6.
The hour is 6.
The minute hand has moved 27 tick marks from the top of the clock. So, the minutes are 27.
The time is 6, colon, 27.
Want to join the conversation?
- i want to learn military time can you help(28 votes)
- Interesting question! Military time is a 24-hour clock starting at 00 : 00 (at 12 : 00 midnight) to 23 : 59 (at 11 : 59 PM just before the next midnight). So we don’t need to use AM or PM to tell military time.
We add 12 hours to convert just PM times on or after 1 : 00 PM to military time (so 7 : 24 PM is 19 : 24 military time, while 7 : 24 AM is 07 : 24 military time and 12 : 24 PM is 12 : 24 military time). Also, the 12 AM hour converts to the 0 hour in military time (so 12 : 45 AM converts to 00 : 45 military time).
Have a blessed, wonderful day!(22 votes)
- Fill in the blank. My favorite time is _ : __(14 votes)
- my favorite time isboth AM and PM! 12:00(7 votes)
- bro why make us review when we have viodes(15 votes)
- Well, if you take notes or subject yourself to repetition, the more likely you are to cement that information into your short-to-long-term memory for future reference and application. In short, it helps you remember what you are learning. Good luck!(4 votes)
- Tristan went to he was going to China and he arrived at the airport atAM and came to china at 6:35PM how many hours is he on the airplane? 6:30(14 votes)
- Anna went to her grandma's house arivved atleft at 1:15how many mins and hours was that 9:00(14 votes)
- Why is it inportant to learn time?(7 votes)
- Because you need to know the time so you need to learn how to know what time it is(13 votes)
- math is my favorite subject.(12 votes)
- this is easy the short hand shows the hour and the other hand shows the minute(9 votes)
- problem 2 is that hour hand is between 8 and 9 but it is not(8 votes)
- how do you do it if there is no number and just tik marks(5 votes)
- you just count the tik marks. it's easy.(5 votes)