MathsYear 3Measurement

meas y3 time

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What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a big clock on your wall. The long hand is the minute hand and the short hand is the hour hand.

  2. 2

    Which hand on a clock tells you the hour?

  3. 3

    Set the clock to 3 o'clock — the short hand on 3, the long hand on 12.

  4. 4

    Let's read a time together — 4:15. That's quarter past 4.

  5. 5

    Now you try! Set the clock to quarter past 7 (7:15).

  6. 6

    The long hand points to the 2. How many minutes is that? (Hint: count in 5s!)

  7. 7

    What time is it when the short hand is just past the 6 and the long hand is on the 6?

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