Telling Time to 5 Minutes

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What is the hour hand on a clock?

Back

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

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What is the minute hand on a clock?

Back

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

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How many minutes are in one hour?

Back

There are 60 minutes in one hour.

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What does it mean when the minute hand points to 12?

Back

When the minute hand points to 12, it means that the hour has just started.

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What does it mean when the minute hand points to 6?

Back

When the minute hand points to 6, it means that 30 minutes have passed since the hour started.

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What is a quarter past the hour?

Back

A quarter past the hour means 15 minutes after the hour.

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What is a quarter to the hour?

Back

A quarter to the hour means 15 minutes before the next hour.

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What does it mean when the clock shows 5:00?

Back

It means that it is exactly five o'clock.

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How do you read the time 7:40?

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You read it as 'forty minutes past seven'.

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What does it mean when the clock shows 11:15?

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It means that it is fifteen minutes past eleven.