Hour Hand
This hand is shorter and moves at half the speed of the minute hand.
What is the hour hand?
This hand is longer and moves around the clock faster than the hour hand.
What is the minute hand?
If the hour hand is on 2 and the minute hand is on 12, what time is it?
What is 2 o'clock?
Figure out the time if you are told it's quarter past 4
What is 4:15?
If the minute hand is on the 1, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 5 minutes?
If the hour hand is on the 3, what time could it be?
What is 3 o'clock?
If the minute hand is on the 6, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 30 minutes?
If the hour hand is on 6 and the minute hand is on 6, what time is it?
What is 6:30 or half past 6?
Figure out the time if you are told it is quarter past 11
What is 11:15?
If the minute hand is on the 3, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 15 minutes?
If the hour hand is on the 9, what time could it be?
What is 9 o'clock?
If the minute hand is on the 12, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 0 minutes?
If the hour hand is on 12 and the minute hand is on 12, what time is it?
What is 12 o'clock?
Figure out the time if you are told it is quarter to 8
What is 7:45 ?
If the minute hand is on the 7, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 35 minutes?
This is the total number of hours the hour hand moves in one full rotation.
What is 12 hours?
This is how many minutes there are in one full rotation of the minute hand.
What is 60 minutes?
If the hour hand is on 10 and the minute hand is on 6, what time is it?
What is 10:30 or half past 10?
Figure out the time if you are told it's quarter to 12
What is 11:45 ?
If the minute hand is on the 8, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 40 minutes?
If the hour hand is halfway between 4 and 5, what time is it?
What is half past 4? (or What is 4:30)
If the minute hand is on the 7, how many minutes is it?
What is 35 minutes?
If the hour hand is on 11 and the minute hand is on 12, what time is it?
What is 11 o'clock?
If the minute hand is on 9 and the hour hand is on 7, what time is it?
What is quarter to 8?
If the minute hand is on the 11, how many minutes past the hour is it?
What is 55 minutes?