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2nd grade · Math · Unit 15 of 19

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 2.9(G) · reading and writing time on analog and digital clocks, with 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 15 of 19 in 2nd grade Math, after Inches, Feet & Yards and before Graphs.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    What time is half past 3?

    • 3:15
    • 3:30
    • 4:30
    • 3:00

  2. Question 2

    It is 2:10. What time is it 10 minutes later?

    • 2:20
    • 2:25
    • 2:00
    • 3:10

  3. Question 3

    The long hand points to the 1. How many minutes after the hour is it?

    • 5
    • 15
    • 10
    • 1

  4. Question 4

    What time is it?

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    • 11:40
    • 10:35
    • 10:45
    • 10:40
    • 8:50

  5. Question 5

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

    • a.m.
    • p.m.

  6. Question 6

    The long hand points to the 2. How many minutes after the hour is it?

    • 15
    • 20
    • 10
    • 2

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