Telling Time to the Hour and Half-Hour Worksheets

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Grade 1CCSS 1.MD.B.3Answer key includedPDF · Print

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Easy: Times to the hour

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The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes. At a half-hour the long hand points to 6 and the short hand sits halfway between two numbers, so the hour is the number it has just passed.

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How to solve it: a worked example

Write the time shown on each clock.

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The minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 10
Answer

Common mistakes to watch for

Mixing up the hands and reading the long hand as the hour.
At half past, naming the next hour because the short hand is close to it.
Writing 3:6 instead of 3:30 for a long hand pointing at 6.

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