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Read time to 5-minute intervals

Time is represented as hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, with each numbered interval around an analog clock representing 5 minutes and 60 minutes composing one hour. The learner relates the minute hand’s position to multiples of 5 and determines the current hour from the hour hand’s position, including when it lies between hour numbers, and connects these readings to written times and a.m./p.m.; reading to the nearest minute and solving elapsed-time problems are not included.

Detailed Explanation: Read time to 5-minute intervals

On an analog clock:

  1. Look at the minute hand—the longer hand. Count by 5s from 12.
    Each clock number stands for 5 minutes:
1=5, 2=10, 3=15,…, 12=60. 1=5,\ 2=10,\ 3=15,\ldots,\ 12=60.

  1. Look at the hour hand—the shorter hand. It tells the hour. If it is between two numbers, use the number it has just passed.

  2. Put the hour and minutes together. You can also write a.m. for morning or p.m. for afternoon or evening when you know which it is.

Example: The minute hand points to 77, and the hour hand is between 33 and 44. It is in the afternoon.

  • The minute hand points to 77, so count:
7×5=35 7 \times 5=35

The minutes are (35)(35).

  • The hour hand has passed 33 but has not reached 44, so the hour is 33.
  • Because it is in the afternoon, the time is 3:35 p.m.

So, the clock shows 3:35 p.m.

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