Telling the time: o'clock and half past

Grade 1 · Time and calendars

Read an analogue clock at o'clock and half past. Some questions show a clock and ask for its time; others give a time, in digits (3:30) or words (half past 3), and ask which clock shows it.

At half past, the hour hand sits between two numbers, and the classic slip is naming the one it's heading towards (4:30 for 3:30). That choice is always offered.

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What changes each time

• Any hour, o'clock or half past
• Times in digits or in words
• Read the clock, or match the time to a clock

More time and calendars practice

• Elapsed time on a clock (Grade 3)
• Reading a calendar (Grade 3)
• Setting a clock to the minute (Grade 3)
• Counting days forward and back (Grade 3)
• Adding and subtracting hours and minutes (Grade 3)
• Elapsed time across noon (Grade 3)
• Ordering activities by duration (Grade 3)
• Birth year and age (Grade 3)

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