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MAE-NSM-02, Order events and o'clock time

Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) ยท Mathematics ยท Non-spatial measure

Puts everyday events in order and reads hour time on clocks.

MAE-NSM-02 is an outcome from the NESA Mathematics K-10 Syllabus (2022), taught in NSW schools. Because Early Stage 1 is the Kindergarten year, the worksheets below come from Foundation. Print them as PDFs, or generate a fresh one. Every maths answer key is computed in code, so it is never wrong.

Teaching guide

What students learn

Puts everyday events in order and reads hour time on clocks.

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
1:00
Answer: 1:00

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'.

Sets A-F are the same worksheet with different questions - print any (or all) for fresh practice.

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More Early Stage 1 Mathematics outcomes: MAE-RWN-01 ยท MAE-RWN-02 ยท MAE-CSQ-01 ยท MAE-CSQ-02 ยท MAE-FG-01 ยท MAE-FG-02 ยท MAE-GM-01 ยท MAE-GM-02
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NSW syllabus outcomes (c) NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales. The outcome code is cited as published; the description above is paraphrased in our own words. See the official Mathematics K-10 Syllabus on the NSW Curriculum website.