Year 3 Maths — Telling the time
Read o'clock and half past times on a clock with hands.
Name: ________________________
1.Match each pair of hands to the time it shows.
- Short on 4, long on 12
- Short on 9, long on 12
- Short between 7 and 8, long on 6
- Short between 1 and 2, long on 6
- Half past 7
- Half past 1
- 9 o'clock
- 4 o'clock
2.Tap the hour that comes 3 hours after 4.
Mark the line with an X.
3.Long hand on 12, short hand on 5. What time is it?
- a) 5 o'clock
- b) 12 o'clock
- c) Half past 5
- d) Half past 12
4.How many hours are in one day?
5.This clock shows half past 4. Tap the minute hand.
Write the number of the part.
6.Tap the hour hand.
Write the number of the part.
7.How many minutes is half an hour?
- a) 60
- b) 15
- c) 45
- d) 30
8.It is 3 o'clock now. Which hour will it be in 2 hours?
Answer key — Year 3 Maths — Telling the time
- 1. Short on 4, long on 12 → 4 o'clock; Short on 9, long on 12 → 9 o'clock; Short between 7 and 8, long on 6 → Half past 7; Short between 1 and 2, long on 6 → Half past 1
- 2. 7
- 3. a) 5 o'clock
- 4. 24
- 5. 2 — Minute hand
- 6. 1 — Hour hand
- 7. d) 30
- 8. 5