Telling Time (Hour & Half Hour) — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Hour hand on 11, minute hand on 6. What time?
A) 6:11
B) 11:06
C) 11:30
D) 12:30
The minute hand on 6 shows 30 minutes past the hour, and the hour hand is still near 11, so the time is 11:30.
2. Which clock shows 9 o clock?
A) Hour on 9, minute on 6
B) Hour on 12, minute on 9
C) Hour on 9, minute on 12
D) Hour on 6, minute on 9
9 o'clock means 9 hours and zero minutes, so the hour hand must sit on 9 and the minute hand must sit on 12.
3. What time is half an hour after 10 o clock?
A) 10:00
B) 11:00
C) 10:30
D) 10:03
Half an hour is 30 minutes, so starting at 10:00 and waiting 30 minutes brings us to 10:30.
4. At 1:30, where is the hour hand?
A) Exactly on 1
B) Exactly on 2
C) Between 1 and 2
D) On 6
Half an hour has passed since 1:00, so the hour hand has drifted halfway along its path toward 2 — sitting between 1 and 2.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Half an hour is the same as 30 minutes.
One hour has 60 minutes, and half of 60 is 30, so half an hour equals 30 minutes.
2. At 6:30, the minute hand is on 6.
Thirty minutes past the hour points the minute hand to the 6, since 6 sits halfway around the clock from 12.
3. Two hours after 3:00 is 5 o clock.
Adding 2 to the hour 3 gives 5, so two hours after 3:00 is 5 o'clock.
4. At half past 9, the time is 9:30.
Half past always keeps the same hour before the colon, so half past 9 becomes 9:30.
5. The hour hand points to 4 at 4 o clock.
At exactly 4 o'clock no minutes have passed yet, so the hour hand rests right on the 4.