Elementary Test Prep: Math 4- Grades 1-2 Telling Time to the Hour Practice

For the first basic lesson on telling time, click on the arrow.

Facts you need to know for this lesson:
60 minutes = 1 hour	Once around the clock is one hour.
30 minutes = 1 half hour	Half way around the clock is 30 minutes.
15 minutes = 1/4 hour	A quarter of the way around the clock is 15 minutes.

Let's look at 15 minute intervals on a clock.

4:00

When the minute hand is on the twelve and the hour hand is on the four we . . .
Read:
4 o'clock

Fifteen minutes later . . .

4:15

When the minute hand is on the three and the hour hand is just a bit past the four we . . .
Read:
15 minutes past 4
or
four-fifteen

Fifteen minutes later . . .

4:30

When the minute hand is on the six and the hour hand is half way between the four and the five, we . . .
Read:
30 minutes past 4
or
four-thirty

Fifteen minutes later . . .

4:45

When the minute hand is on the nine and the hour hand is very close to the next number (five) we . . .
Read:
45 minutes past 4
or
four-forty-five

Fifteen minutes later . . .

5:00

When the minute hand is back on the twelve, and the hour hand is on the next number (five), an hour has passed. So now we . . .
Read:
five o'clock

Now you are ready to practice! There are two practice pages ready for you to try.

Click on the either of the clocks below to practice this lesson.