IXL | Match analog clocks and times: to the half hour

What time does the clock show?

10:30

9:30

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question

What time does the clock show?

7:30

6:30

key idea

An analog clock has an hour hand and a minute hand. The shorter hand is the hour hand. The longer hand is the minute hand.

solution

The shorter hand is the hour hand. It points between the 7 and the 8.

The hour hand shows 7

hours.

The longer hand is the minute hand. It points directly to the 6.

At the start of the hour, the minute hand pointed directly to the 12. It takes 5 minutes for the minute hand to move from one number on the clock face to the next.

Start at the 12. Count by 5s until you reach the 6.

The minute hand shows 30

minutes.

The clock shows 7 hours and 30

minutes.

The clock shows

7:30.

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Time
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hr	min	sec
00	00	06

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