ACARA AC9M2M04, Read time to the quarter hour

Year 2 · Measurement

Read the time on an analog clock to the hour, half hour and quarter hour.

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Grade 1 (ages 6 to 7)

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Grade 2 (ages 7 to 8)

Teaching guide

What students learn

Read the time on an analog clock to the hour, half hour and quarter hour.

How to teach it

Teach the hour hand first, then half past and quarter past/to, then count by fives for five-minute times, and finally to the minute. Link analog to digital.

Worked example

4:30

Answer: 4:30

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Watch out for

Reading the minute hand as the hour, and muddling 'quarter to' with 'quarter past'.