1st grade · Math · Unit 12 of 16
Hour & Half Hour
Tell time on a clock
What your child practices
Telling time to the hour and half hour on clocks with hands and on digital clocks.
New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-1.MD.3a · telling and writing time in hours and half hours on analog and digital clocks
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- The short hand shows the hour.
- Long hand on 12: it is o'clock.
- Long hand on 6: it is half past.
Example: The short hand is past 3. The long hand is on 6. The hour is 3. Long hand on 6 means 30 minutes. Answer: 3:30
Hour & Half Hour in New York
In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 12 of 16 in 1st grade Math, after One Half and before Jump by Tens.
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.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
It is 4:00. Where is the short hand?
- Between 4 and 5
- On the 12
- On the 4
On the 4
Hint: At o'clock, the short hand points right at the hour.
Question 2
What time is half past 5?
- 6:30
- 5:30
- 6:00
- 5:00
5:30
Hint: Half past means 30 minutes after 5 o'clock.
Question 3
What time is it?
- 12:05
- 1:30
- 12:00
- 1:00
1:00
Hint: The short hand shows the hour. The long hand shows the minutes.
Question 4
The long hand points to 12. The short hand points to 12. What time is it?
- 1:00
- 12:00
- 12:30
12:00
Hint: When the long hand is on 12, it is o'clock.
Question 5
It is 6:00. What time will it be in 1 hour?
- 5:00
- 6:30
- 8:00
- 7:00
7:00
Hint: One hour later, the hour goes up by one.
Question 6
Which clock time matches?
- 11:30
- 12:30
- 11:00
- 10:30
11:30
Hint: Read the short hand for the hour first.