Telling Time (Hour & Half Hour) — Answer Key
Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word carefully by following the dotted lines.
1. clock
2. hour
3. half
4. hand
5. time
6. minute
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The short hand on a clock is the hour hand.
The shorter hand points to the hour number; it moves slowly, only one number each hour.
2. There are 60 minutes in one hour.
The minute hand goes all the way around the clock in one hour, passing 60 little minute marks.
3. Half past 2 means the minute hand is on the 6.
Half past the hour is 30 minutes in, and the 6 sits halfway around the clock from the 12.
4. At 7 o clock, the hour hand points to 7.
On the hour, the hour hand lines up exactly with the number that names the time — so at 7 o'clock it points to 7.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The minute hand is shorter than the hour hand.
True False
False: it is actually the opposite — the minute hand is the longer one and the hour hand is short.
2. At 3 o clock the minute hand points to 12.
True False
True: at any o'clock time the minute hand always sits on the 12 because zero minutes have passed.
3. Half past 5 means the time is 5:30.
True False
True: half an hour is 30 minutes, so half past 5 is written as 5:30 on a digital clock.