Hours and Halves: Clock Set Two

Read the hands, say the time, then match a digital clock. A helper may read the words aloud.

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The short, thick hand tells the hour. The long, thin hand tells the minutes. At 12 it shows 00 minutes; at 6 it shows 30. At half past, the hour hand is halfway toward the next hour.

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Long hand at 6 and short hand halfway between 4 and 5: 4:30, half past four. It is not five yet.

A: short hand between 5 and 6, long hand at 6; B: short hand at 9, long hand at 12; C: short hand between 12 and 1, long hand at 6; D: short hand at 3, long hand at 12. Hours use the shorter, thicker hand. — Short, thick hand: hour. Long, thin hand: minutes. Read each lettered clock.

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From 2:00 to 3:00 on a twelve-hour clock, the minute hand makes one full turn, passing twelve number-to-number spaces. The hour hand moves through only one such space, from 2 to 3.

Question 1 What digital time matches clock A? 6:30 5:30 5:00

Question 2 What digital time matches clock B? 10:00 9:30 9:00

Question 3 What digital time matches clock C? 12:30 1:30 12:00

Question 4 What digital time matches clock D? 4:00 3:00 3:30

Question 5 At half past six, where is the SHORT hour hand? Exactly on 6 Halfway between 6 and 7 Exactly on 7

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