This document teaches how to tell time on an analog clock using hours, half hours, and quarter hours. It explains that the long hand is the minute hand and the short hand is the hour hand. It shows how to read times such as "o'clock" for whole hours, "half past" for half hours, and "quarter past/to" for quarter hours. Examples are provided to practice reading times using these conventions.

1. Telling and
Writing Time by
Hour,
Half Hour
and Quarter
Hour
MATH Q4 WEEK 3

2. What do we use to tell the time?
analog clock
digital clock

3. Let’s study the analog clock

4. What do you see on the face of the
clock? numbers

5. What else do you see on the face of the
clock? hands

6. The Hands of Time
The long hand is the
minute hand.
The short hand is the
hour hand.

7. The Hands of Time
There are 60 minutes
on a clock face. So,
the minute hand is a
long hand.
Skip count by fives
to count the minutes
with me.
5
15
10
25
20
30
35
60
55
40
45
50

8. When the minute
hand is pointing to
12, read the time as
“o’clock”.
The hour hand is
pointing to the 5, so
we read the time as
“five o’clock”.

9. What time
is it now?
one o’clock
1:00

10. Another hour
went past. What
time is it now?
two o’clock
2:00

11. Another hour
went past. What
time is it now?
three o’clock
3:00

12. Reading time by half hour
When the long hand
points at 6, it means
half an hour or 30
minutes has passed.
So we read the time as
“three thirty” or
3:30.
5
15
10
25
20
30

13. Reading time by quarter hour
When the long hand
points at 3, it means
quarter past or 15
minutes has passed.
So we read the time as
“seven fifteen” or
7:15.
5
15
10

14. Reading time by quarter hour
When the long hand
points at 9, it means
45 minutes has passed.
So we read the time as
“seven forty five” or
7:45.
5
15
10
25
20
30
35
40
45

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