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2nd grade · Math · Unit 13 of 17

Five-Minute Clock

Time to 5 minutes, a.m. and p.m.

What your child practices

Reading clocks to the nearest five minutes, quarter past and quarter to, and knowing when a time is a.m. or p.m.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 2.23 · telling and writing time to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The short hand shows the hour.
  2. Count by 5s from the 12 to the long hand for the minutes.
  3. a.m. is morning. p.m. is afternoon and evening.

Example: The short hand is just past 4. The long hand is on the 5. The hour is 4. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25: 25 minutes. Answer: 4:25

Five-Minute Clock in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 13 of 17 in 2nd grade Math, after Dollars & Cents and before Inches, Feet & Yards.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The long hand points to the 11. How many minutes after the hour is it?

    • 11
    • 60
    • 55
    • 40

  2. Question 2

    It is 7:25. What time is it 10 minutes later?

    • 7:40
    • 8:25
    • 7:35
    • 7:15

  3. Question 3

    What time is quarter to 2?

    • 1:45
    • 2:45
    • 2:15
    • 1:15

  4. Question 4

    What time is it?

    123456789101112
    • 11:00
    • 11:05
    • 12:05
    • 1:55
    • 10:05

  5. Question 5

    Nia eats dinner at 6:30. Is that a.m. or p.m.?

    • p.m.
    • a.m.

  6. Question 6

    It is 3:05. What time is it 10 minutes later?

    • 4:05
    • 3:20
    • 3:00
    • 3:15

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