Students learn to read analog clocks to the nearest minute. Part A corrects three sentences about minute-hand values, hour-hand position, and the number of minutes in an hour. Part B has four fill-in-the-blank questions about minute-hand positions at 9 and 6 and total minutes in an hour. Part C has three true-or-false statements about which hand is longer and what the minute hand means when pointing to 12.
Correcting the minute-hand times 5 misconception early prevents persistent clock-reading errors.
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Time to the Minute
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
When the minute hand points to 7, it means 7 minutes past the hour.
Rewrite: When the minute hand points to 7, it means 35 minutes past the hour because each number represents 5 minutes.
2. Fix the sentence:
At 3:48 the hour hand is pointing exactly at the 3.
Rewrite: At 3:48 the hour hand is between the 3 and the 4 because it moves slowly toward the next hour.
3. Fix the sentence:
There are 30 minutes in one hour.
Rewrite: There are 60 minutes in one hour.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. When the minute hand points to the 9, it shows 45 minutes past the hour.
2. A clock showing the hour hand between 2 and 3 with the minute hand on 6 reads 2:30.
3. There are 60 minutes in one hour.
4. When the minute hand points to the 4, it shows 20 minutes past the hour.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The minute hand is the longer hand on the clock.
True False
2. When the minute hand points to 12, it is half past the hour.
True False
3. Each number on the clock face represents 5 minutes.
True False
Time to the Minute
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
When the minute hand points to 7, it means 7 minutes past the hour.
Rewrite: When the minute hand points to 7, it means 35 minutes past the hour because each number represents 5 minutes.
2) Fix the sentence:
At 3:48 the hour hand is pointing exactly at the 3.
Rewrite: At 3:48 the hour hand is between the 3 and the 4 because it moves slowly toward the next hour.
3) Fix the sentence:
There are 30 minutes in one hour.
Rewrite: There are 60 minutes in one hour.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) When the minute hand points to the 9, it shows 45 minutes past the hour.
2) A clock showing the hour hand between 2 and 3 with the minute hand on 6 reads 2:30.
3) There are 60 minutes in one hour.
4) When the minute hand points to the 4, it shows 20 minutes past the hour.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) The minute hand is the longer hand on the clock.
True
False
2) When the minute hand points to 12, it is half past the hour.
True
False
3) Each number on the clock face represents 5 minutes.
True
False
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