Clock: to the minute
You learn to read and show times on a clock on the minute.
How to work it out
- Check the hour the short hand has passed.
- Count the long hand on in 5s: each number is 5 minutes.
- Count the small marks for the minutes in between.
The big hand is at the 7. How many minutes is that?
- Count in 5s from the 12: 1 is 5, 2 is 10, 3 is 15, 4 is 20, 5 is 25, 6 is 30, 7 is 35.
- The big hand at 7 means 35 minutes.
More examples
Show 23 minutes on a clock
- Count in 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20 is at the 4, then 25 is at the 5.
- 23 is between 20 and 25, so just before the 5.
- Put the big hand just before the 5.
What time is it? (Small hand at 8, big hand at 3)
- The small hand at 8 means 8 o'clock.
- The big hand at 3 is 3 × 5 = 15 minutes.
- It is 8:15.