Telling Time (Hour & Half Hour) — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. At 9 o clock, the hour hand points to 9.
On the hour the hour hand sits right on the number being named, so 9 o'clock puts the hour hand on 9.
2. Half past 4 is the same as 4:30.
Half past means 30 minutes after the hour, and we keep the same hour number, so half past 4 is 4:30.
3. When the minute hand is on 6, it is half past.
The 6 is exactly halfway around the clock from the 12, so pointing there means half the hour is gone.
4. At 1 o clock, the minute hand is on 12.
Every on-the-hour time has zero minutes past, and zero minutes means the minute hand sits on 12.
5. The minute hand is the longer hand on the clock.
You can tell the minute hand by its length — it is stretched out longer so it can reach the little minute marks.
6. 6:30 means half past 6.
A digital time of 6:30 has 30 minutes after 6, and 30 minutes is half an hour past 6.
7. At 12 o clock both hands point to 12.
At 12 o'clock the hour is 12 and zero minutes have passed, so both hands stack up right on the 12.
8. Half past 10 is written as 10:30.
Half past keeps the hour as 10, and the :30 shows the 30 minutes that have already gone by.
9. The hour hand moves slower than the minute hand.
The hour hand only moves from one number to the next in a whole hour, while the minute hand zips around in that same time.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
3 o clock
→ 3:00
1:30
half past 7
→ 7:30
3:00
10 o clock
→ 10:00
7:30
half past 1
→ 1:30
10:00
O'clock times end in :00 (so 3 o'clock is 3:00 and 10 o'clock is 10:00), while half past keeps the hour and ends in :30 (half past 7 is 7:30, half past 1 is 1:30).