Time (Hours & Half Hours) — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. What time does the clock show when the short hand is on 3 and the long hand is on 12?
A) 3:30
B) 3:00
C) 12:03
D) 6:00
The long hand pointing at 12 means zero minutes, which is an o'clock time. The short hand on 3 tells us the hour, so together the clock reads 3:00.
2. At half past 5, where does the minute hand point?
A) To the 12
B) To the 5
C) To the 6
D) To the 3
"Half past" means the minute hand has gone halfway around the clock, which is 30 minutes. The 6 sits exactly halfway from the 12, so that's where the minute hand points.
3. Sam eats breakfast at 7 o clock. Which clock shows 7:00?
A) Short hand on 7, long hand on 12
B) Short hand on 12, long hand on 7
C) Short hand on 6, long hand on 7
D) Both hands on 7
Seven o'clock means the hour hand points exactly at 7 and the minute hand points at 12 for no extra minutes. Any other position would show a different time.
4. What time is it when the hour hand is between 2 and 3 and the minute hand is on 6?
A) 2:00
B) 6:02
C) 3:00
D) 2:30
The minute hand on 6 means 30 minutes past the hour. Because the hour hand has only moved halfway toward 3, it has not reached the next hour yet — so the time is 2:30.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. At half past 8 the time is 8:30.
The word "half" in time means half of an hour, and 60 split in half is 30 minutes. So half past 8 is written as 8:30.
2. The hour hand moves from 4 to 5 in one hour.
It takes 60 whole minutes for the hour hand to crawl from one number to the very next number. That length of time is called an hour.
3. At 6:30 the hour hand is between 6 and 7.
At :30 the hour hand has slid halfway to the next hour. Starting at 6, the next number is 7, so the hand sits between 6 and 7.
4. A clock face has numbers from 1 to 12.
Clocks are split into 12 equal sections, one for each hour. Count around the face starting at 1 and you will end at 12.
5. When the minute hand goes all the way around, one hour has passed.
The minute hand makes one full trip around the clock in 60 minutes. Sixty minutes is the same as one hour.