Telling Time to the Minute

MAFS.3.MD.1.1 Telling Time!

The Hour Hand!

The Hour Hand is the "short" hand/arrow on the clock.

Whichever number it is pointing to or it is slightly past, tells the hour.

Multiple Choice

What Hour is this clock showing?

• 1pm

• 3pm

• 5pm

• 7pm

The Minute Hand!

The minute hand is the "long" hand on a clock.

It will give you an EXACT time, unlike the hour hand.

Whichever tick mark the hand lands on is minutes for the time.

Multiple Choice

What time does the clock show?

• 2:10

• 10:10

• 2:30

• 10:20

Counting by 5

When counting the minutes on a clock, you are able to count by 5's to quickly tell the time.

Each number on the clock moves in 5 minute spaces.

So the number 1 on the clock really means 5 minutes.

Telling time to the exact minute

It's easy to count the minutes by 5, but what happens when the minute hand lands on the little ticks between the numbers?

Each tick mark is equal to 1 minute.

There are 60 tick marks around the entire clock!

Multiple Choice

What time is the clock showing?

• 5:05

• 1:50

• 5:06

• 1:05

Proper Telling Time Fundamentals

Step 1: Locate and read the Hour Hand (Small Hand).

**Whatever number it is pointing to or past is your hour.

Step 2: Locate and Read the Minute Hand (Long Hand)

**Minutes are EXACT times. Skip count by your fives and then your ones to determine the EXACT minute.

Multiple Choice

When reading a clock I should look for the _____ first.

• Minute Hand

• Sky

• Seconds Hand

• Hours Hand

Multiple Choice

Then I should look for and read the _________ next.

• Sky

• Minute Hand

• Hours Hand

• Seconds Hand

Poll

How comfortable are you with reading time?

• I'm ready to do this!

• I have no idea how to do this...

• I am a little nervous, but with practice I will get better

• I am not interested in learning how to tell time

Multiple Choice

What time is shown on the clock?

• 10:20

• 6:10

• 10:30

• 6:53

Multiple Choice

What time is shown on the clock?

• 9:20

• 9:10

• 10:55

• 10:45

Multiple Choice

What time is shown on the clock?

• 4:05

• 4:11

• 4:06

• 4:04