SME
Grade 2 Math · Measurement & Data
Tell time to the nearest five minutes (a.m./p.m.)
Use this for “What time does the clock show?” Count by 5s for the minutes.
Picture
4:25 a.m.
a.m. (midnight to noon)
p.m. (noon to midnight)
Short hand: 4.
Long hand: 25 minutes.
Drag the long hand to change the minutes.
Number the long hand points to: 5
This is an example. Type the numbers from your problem to start.
Hour
example
Minutes past
answer
Number the long hand points to
example
Number sentences
5 fives = 25 minutes
Good to know
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The long hand moves 5 minutes from one number to the next: count by 5s. The 12 counts as 0.
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The hour is the number the short hand has just passed. At 7:45 it is near 8, but the hour is 7.
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a.m. is before noon. p.m. is after noon.
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15 minutes past is quarter past. 30 is half past. 45 is quarter to the next hour.
Step-by-step
WE KNOW
Hour: 4
Number the long hand points to: 5
FIND
minutes past
Step 1 · Find minutes past
5 fives = ? minutes
Count by 5s from 12 to the number the long hand points at.
Count by 5s: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 → 25 minutes
It is 4:25
Minutes past: 25
Check
Put the numbers back in. Both sides should match.
5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 25 ✓
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