Practise telling time to the half hour with real analog clock faces — kids read each clock and write the digital time on the line below. Every sheet prints with a matching answer key. Half past — the minute hand points down at 6 and the hour hand sits between two numbers. Free, no signup.
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At half past, the long hand points straight down to the 6 (30 minutes) and the short hand sits halfway between two numbers. 'Half past three' and '3:30' are the same moment.
Quick way to teach it: Point out that the hour hand is no longer on a number — it has crept halfway to the next one. That halfway hour hand is the clue that it's half past, not o'clock.
Point out that the hour hand is no longer on a number — it has crept halfway to the next one. That halfway hour hand is the clue that it's half past, not o'clock. Print a fresh sheet, read a few clocks together each day, and check with the answer key — short, regular practice beats one long session.
This is usually taught in Grade 1. At half past, the long hand points straight down to the 6 (30 minutes) and the short hand sits halfway between two numbers. 'Half past three' and '3:30' are the same moment.
The short, fat hand is the hour hand — it points to the hour. The long, thin hand is the minute hand — it points to the minutes. On every clock on these worksheets the hour hand creeps forward with the minutes, just like a real clock, so 1:30 reads naturally.
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