Grade 4, Measurement and geometry
Tell the time
Read analog clocks to the quarter hour, five minutes and the minute.
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
- Write the time shown on each clock.
- Level 2: Five-minute steps
- Write the time shown on each clock.
- Level 3: To the minute
- Write the time shown on each clock.
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 short hand has passed the 2 but not the 3, so the hour is 2.
- The long hand is on the 9. Count by 5s from the 12: 9 × 5 = 45, so the time is 2:45. On the 12, write :00.
- 2:45 is also called quarter to 3, because it is 15 minutes before 3:00.
Level 2: Five-minute steps
- The short hand is between the 4 and the 5, so the hour is 4.
- The long hand is on the 7. Count by 5s: 7 × 5 = 35, so the time is 4:35.
Level 3: To the minute
- The short hand is between the 7 and the 8, so the hour is 7.
- The long hand is 3 small marks past the 4: 4 × 5 + 3 = 23.
- Write the hour, then the minutes: 7:23.
Goes with
Reference sheets
One-page helpers a student keeps beside this sheet:
- Time
Every reference, facts and support sheet is listed in the worksheet catalogue.
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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