Created by Laquinta Gordon
12 questions
3rd Grade
Math
Updated Aug 2026
Telling Time to the Quarter Hour 2 is a Grade 3 mathematics worksheet that helps students read and identify quarter-hour times on analog clocks. Across 12 multiple-choice questions, students distinguish between “quarter past” and “quarter to,” connect those phrases to digital times such as 10:15 and 3:45, and select the time shown by a clock from closely related choices. The items also ask students to distinguish quarter-hour times from other times, including 3:30 and 6:15. This free printable worksheet gives teachers focused practice for checking whether students can interpret both everyday time language and digital notation. Use it for independent work, math-center review, homework, or a quick formative assessment after instruction on telling time to 15-minute intervals. A complete answer key is included so teachers can quickly identify whether errors involve the hour, the quarter-past/quarter-to language, or the digital representation.
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WorksheetsAnswer Keyquarter past 7
quarter to 6
quarter to 2
quarter past 10
quarter past 4
2:15
12:45
12:15
9:15
This Grade 3 worksheet covers reading quarter-hour times and identifying whether a clock shows quarter past or quarter to an hour. Its 12 multiple-choice questions require students to match clock displays with phrases such as “quarter past 7” and “quarter to 6,” recognize digital forms such as 10:15 and 3:45, and distinguish quarter-hour times from distractors such as 3:30.
First model how the minute hand indicates 15 minutes for quarter past and 45 minutes for quarter to, including why the hour named in “quarter to” is the upcoming hour. Then have students explain their choice before completing the multiple-choice items, asking them to connect each clock display to both the spoken phrase and its digital form. Use the contrasting choices, such as 3:30 versus 6:15, to prompt students to check both hands rather than guess from the hour hand alone.
Watch for students reversing “quarter past” and “quarter to,” especially when the minute hand shows 45 and the hour hand is approaching the next number. Students may also report the hour currently indicated by the hour hand instead of the upcoming hour, or confuse 15-minute times such as 2:15 and 9:15 with whole hours or other minute values. The multiple-choice distractors make these errors visible for targeted review.
You can assign Telling Time to the Quarter Hour 2 as a printable PDF or as a digital quiz on Wayground. It includes a complete answer key, and printable submissions can be graded by scanning student work with the Wayground for Teachers app. The printable option also gives schools a way to reduce screen time while students practice reading quarter-hour clocks.
Use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing or choose a larger font size so the multiple-choice time options are easier to scan. You can also apply a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language when that supports access to terms such as “quarter past” and “quarter to.”
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