Grade 4, Measurement and geometry
Draw the time
Draw the hour and minute hands to show a time.
Three levels
One skill, rising difficulty
Each sheet carries one level. The three are the same skill at rising difficulty, each named for what it practises.
- Level 1: Hour, half hour and quarter hour
- Draw the hands to show each time.
- Level 2: Five-minute steps
- Draw the hands to show each time.
- Level 3: To the minute
- Draw the hands to show each time.
Worked example
How the sheet explains it
The helper printed at the top of each sheet: one solved example and the steps a student follows, before the first question. Every number sentence in it is proven by the same checker as the answer key.
Level 1: Hour, half hour and quarter hour
- The minutes are 15: 15 ÷ 5 = 3, so the long hand points to the 3. For :00 it points to the 12.
- 15 < 30, so the short hand is a little past the 9. At :00 it is right on the 9, at :30 halfway to the 10.
Level 2: Five-minute steps
- The minutes are 40: 40 ÷ 5 = 8, so the long hand points to the 8.
- 40 > 30, so the short hand is more than halfway from the 6 to the 7.
Level 3: To the minute
- 17 = 3 × 5 + 2, so the long hand is 2 small marks past the 3.
- 17 < 30, so the short hand is a little past the 10, not yet halfway to the 11.
Goes with
Reference sheets
One-page helpers a student keeps beside this sheet:
- Time
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In the BC curriculum
Content standards
The British Columbia content standard this skill is written for, by the codes used across this site:
- bc.math.4.c.12
The wording of each standard is on the Province's mathematics curriculum page.
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