1st grade · Math · Unit 12 of 14
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.
Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: M.1.Q.MD.3 · telling and writing time to the hour and half hour 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
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 11:00. Where is the short hand?
- On the 12
- Between 11 and 12
- On the 11
On the 11
Hint: At o'clock, the short hand points right at the hour.
Question 2
Which clock time matches?
- 3:00
- 2:00
- 4:00
- 3:30
3:00
Hint: Read the short hand for the hour first.
Question 3
What time is it?
- 11:00
- 12:55
- 12:00
- 10:00
11:00
Hint: The short hand shows the hour. The long hand shows the minutes.
Question 4
It is 5:00. What time will it be in 1 hour?
- 4:00
- 5:30
- 7:00
- 6:00
6:00
Hint: One hour later, the hour goes up by one.
Question 5
The long hand points to 12. The short hand points to 7. What time is it?
- 8:00
- 7:30
- 12:35
- 7:00
7:00
Hint: When the long hand is on 12, it is o'clock.
Question 6
What time is half past 6?
- 7:30
- 6:00
- 6:30
- 7:00
6:30
Hint: Half past means 30 minutes after 6 o'clock.