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This is a
clock.
Clocks
measure time.
This clock
shows twelve o'clock or 12:00.
The part of
the clock with the numbers in a circle is called the "face" of the
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The clock
also has hands that move to show what time it is.
The long hand
(in blue) is called the minute hand.
The short hand on the clock (in red) is called the hour hand. |
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There is a way
to always remember this. The word
MINUTE
is longer than the word
HOUR,
so the
MINUTE
hand is the
LONG
hand and the
HOUR
hand is the
SHORT
hand on the clock. |
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We say
the hour hand first,
then the minute hand.
We can
remember this by thinking ...
the little guy goes first.
The
hour
hand is the
shorter one, the little guy,
so we say what he is pointing to first. Then we say the
minutes. |
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When the
minute
hand on a clock face is on the
12,
we say the time as "o'clock."
The digital
clock on my alarm looks like this:
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