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Year 3 Maths — Telling the time

Read a clock to the nearest five minutes, and use o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Match each clock time to what we say.

    • 6:00
    • 6:30
    • 6:15
    • 6:45
    • Quarter past six
    • Six o'clock
    • Half past six
    • Quarter to seven

  2. 2.The clock says 7:15. What is that?

    • a) Quarter past seven
    • b) Seven o'clock
    • c) Half past seven
    • d) Quarter to seven

  3. 3.The clock says 9:45. What is that?

    • a) Quarter to nine
    • b) Quarter past nine
    • c) Quarter to ten
    • d) Half past nine

  4. 4.How many minutes are in a quarter of an hour?

    • a) 10
    • b) 15
    • c) 20
    • d) 30

  5. 5.It is 5 o'clock. How many hours until 8 o'clock?

  6. 6.Tap the minute hand.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  7. 7.Tap 25 minutes past on this line.

    Mark the line with an X.

    051015202530354045505560

  8. 8.The minute hand points at 7. How many minutes past is that?

Answer key — Year 3 Maths — Telling the time

  1. 1. 6:00 → Six o'clock; 6:30 → Half past six; 6:15 → Quarter past six; 6:45 → Quarter to seven
  2. 2. a) Quarter past seven
  3. 3. c) Quarter to ten
  4. 4. b) 15
  5. 5. 3
  6. 6. 2 — The minute hand
  7. 7. 25
  8. 8. 35