Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour

The hour hand is the shorter hand on a clock that shows the current hour.

The minute hand is the longer hand on a clock that shows the current minutes.

It means it is one o'clock, and the hour hand points to 1.

It means it is one-thirty, and the hour hand is halfway between 1 and 2.

There are 30 minutes in half an hour.

At 8:00, the hour hand points to 8, and the minute hand points to 12.

At 3:30, the hour hand is halfway between 3 and 4, and the minute hand points to 6.

1:00 is one o'clock, while 1:30 is one-thirty, which is 30 minutes later.

It means it is ten-thirty, and the hour hand is halfway between 10 and 11.

A clock face is the part of the clock that shows the numbers and hands.