ACARA AC9M2M03, 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'.