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5 × 12 = 60 minutes
5 × 11 = 55 minutes 5 × 1 = 5 minutes Think Tank Critical Thinking

5 × 10 = 50 minutes 11 12 1 5 × 2 = 10 minutes Fill in the boxes using the
10 2 5 times table.
5 × 9 = 45 minutes 9 Left Right 3 5 × 3 = 15 minutes 60
half
8 half 4
5 × 8 = 40 minutes 7 6 5 5 × 4 = 20 minutes 11 12 1
5 × 7 = 35 minutes 5 × 5 = 25 minutes 10 2
5 × 6 = 30 minutes 9 3
8 4
Reading time in hours and minutes 7 6 5

We can read and write any time as ‘past the hour’
or ‘to the next hour’

• When the minute hand is in the left half, the time is read as to.

• When the minute hand is in the right half, the time is read as past.

Reading time when the minute hand is in the:

left half. right half.

5 5

11 12 1 The hour hand is 11 12 1 5 The hour hand has
10 2 moving towards 4 or 10 2 5 already passed 6.
9 3 9 3
8 4 is near 4. 8 4 5 20 minutes past 6 or
7 6 5 5 minutes to 4 or 3:55. 7 6 5 6:20.

5 5
5 The hour hand is 5
5 11 12 1 moving towards 2 or 11 12 1 The hour hand has
10 2 is near 2. 10 2 already passed 5.
9 3 9 3
8 4 15 minutes to 2 or 8 4 10 minutes past 5 or
7 6 5 quarter to 2 or 7 6 5 5:10.

1:45.

5 5
5 The hour hand is 5 The hour hand has
5 11 12 1 moving towards 12 or 11 12 1 already passed 9.
10 2 10 2 5 5
5 9 3 is near 12. 9 3 25 minutes past 9 or
8 4 8 4 5
5 7 6 5 25 minutes to 12 or 7 6 5 9:25.
5
11:35

Teacher’s Tell the students that to read the time, first read the hour hand and then the minute hand; in other words,
Tip read the hours first and then the minutes.

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