At what time do you…
do your homework?
eat dinner?
have your lunch?
go to school?
wake up?
go home?
go to bed?
Telling the Time
When we are telling the time, it is really important to be able to
count in 5s.
Can you count in 5s from 0 to 60?
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Telling the Time
The big hand on the clock counts the minutes and is called �the minute hand.
We are going to look now at the minutes past the hour.
o’clock
5
minutes
past
10
minutes
past
15
minutes
past
20
minutes
past
25
minutes
past
30
minutes
past
When the big hand points to 1, it means…
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5
minutes
past
When the big hand points to 2, it means…
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10
minutes
past
When the big hand points to 3, it means…
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15
minutes
past
When the big hand points to 4, it means…
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20
minutes
past
When the big hand points to 5, it means…
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25
minutes
past
When the big hand points to 6, it means…
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30
minutes
past
Telling the Time
How many minutes are in �an hour?
minutes
60
= an hour
Why is 15 minutes called ‘quarter past’?
minutes
15
= a quarter of an hour
Why is 30 minutes called ‘half past’?
minutes
30
= half an hour
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
ten past four
or
04:10
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
twenty past seven
or
07:20
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
half past nine
or
09:30
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
15 minutes past eleven
or
11:15
or
quarter past eleven
Telling the Time
Now let’s look at the other half of the clock. �We are going to look at the minutes to the next hour.
25
minutes
to
20
minutes
to
15
minutes
to
10
minutes
to
5
minutes
to
o’clock
When the big hand points to 7, it means…
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25
minutes
to
When the big hand points to 8, it means…
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20
minutes
to
When the big hand points to 9, it means…
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15
minutes
to
When the big hand points to 10, it means…
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10
minutes
to
When the big hand points to 11, it means…
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5
minutes
to
When the big hand points to 12, it means…
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o’clock
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
15 minutes to three
or
02:45
or
quarter to three
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
25 minutes to five
or
04:35
What Time Does it Say on �the Clock?
20 minutes to one
or
12:40
Look at the clock in your room.�What time is it now?