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2nd grade · Math · Unit 12 of 18

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: NY-2.MD.7 · telling and writing time to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m., quarter past and quarter to

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 12 of 18 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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

    Noah plays outside after school at 4:15. Is that a.m. or p.m.?

    • p.m.
    • a.m.

  2. Question 2

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

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

  3. Question 3

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

    • 50
    • 55
    • 40
    • 11

  4. Question 4

    What time is quarter to 12?

    • 11:15
    • 11:45
    • 12:15
    • 12:45

  5. Question 5

    What time is it?

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    • 7:40
    • 7:35
    • 8:40
    • 8:35
    • 6:40

  6. Question 6

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

    • p.m.
    • a.m.

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