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2nd grade · Math · Unit 12 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.

California Content Standards learning standard: 2.MD.7 · 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

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

    Priya reads a bedtime story at 8:45. Is that a.m. or p.m.?

    • p.m.
    • a.m.

  2. Question 2

    What time is it?

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    • 9:05
    • 8:05
    • 8:10
    • 8:00
    • 1:40

  3. Question 3

    What time is half past 2?

    • 2:30
    • 3:30
    • 2:00
    • 2:15

  4. Question 4

    The long hand points to the 6. How many minutes after the hour is it?

    • 30
    • 15
    • 6
    • 60

  5. Question 5

    It is 9:20. What time is it 10 minutes later?

    • 9:10
    • 10:20
    • 9:35
    • 9:30

  6. Question 6

    It is 5:25. What time is it 15 minutes later?

    • 5:10
    • 5:45
    • 5:40
    • 6:25

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