Year 4 Maths: The Analogue Clock

Introduction to the Analogue Clock

Hello, Year 4! Today, we’re going to learn about the analogue clock. An analogue clock shows us the time using hands that move around a circular face. Understanding how to read an analogue clock is super important, and it’s a skill that will help you every day!

Parts of the Analogue Clock

1. Clock Face: This is the round part of the clock. It has numbers from 1 to 12 that show the hours.
2. Hour Hand: This is the shorter hand. It shows the current hour.
3. Minute Hand: This is the longer hand. It shows the minutes.
4. Second Hand: Some clocks have this hand, which is even longer. It shows the seconds.

How to Read the Clock

1. Reading the Hour: Look where the hour hand points. If it points between 2 and 3, it means it’s around 2 o’clock.
2. Reading the Minutes: Look at the minute hand. Each number on the clock represents 5 minutes. For example:
   • If the minute hand is on 1, it’s 5 minutes past.
   • If it’s on 2, it’s 10 minutes past.

Example of Time

• Time: 3:00: The hour hand is on 3, and the minute hand is on 12.
• Time: 4:15: The hour hand is a bit past 4, and the minute hand is on 3 (which means 15 minutes past).

Key Rules to Remember

1. The hour hand moves slowly. It takes one hour to move from one number to the next.
2. The minute hand moves faster. It takes 60 minutes to make a full circle.
3. Each number on the clock represents 5 minutes. So, if the minute hand is on 6, it means 30 minutes past.

Tips and Tricks

• Count by fives: To find out how many minutes past the hour it is, count by fives using the numbers on the clock.
• Half past and quarter past:
  • Quarter past means 15 minutes past the hour (the minute hand is on 3).
  • Half past means 30 minutes past the hour (the minute hand is on 6).
• Practice!: Look at a clock at home and practice reading the time.

Practice Questions

Easy Level Questions

1. What does the hour hand point to if it’s 12:00?
2. What does the minute hand point to at 3:00?
3. If the hour hand is on 2 and the minute hand is on 6, what time is it?
4. What time is it if the hour hand is on 4 and the minute hand is on 12?
5. If the minute hand is on 9, how many minutes is it past the hour?
6. What does the time 1:15 look like on the clock?
7. If the hour hand is on 5 and the minute hand is on 3, what time is it?
8. What time is it if the hour hand is between 8 and 9 and the minute hand is on 12?
9. How many minutes are there in one hour?
10. If it’s 7:30, where is the hour hand?

Medium Level Questions

11. What is the time if the hour hand is on 10 and the minute hand is on 2?
12. If the time is 2:45, where are the hour and minute hands?
13. What does 4:30 look like on the clock?
14. Calculate the time if the hour hand is on 3 and the minute hand is on 4.
15. How many minutes is it from 3:00 to 3:30?
16. If the time is 9:15, where is the minute hand?
17. What time is it if the hour hand is on 6 and the minute hand is on 10?
18. If it’s 5:05, where does the minute hand point?
19. What does the time look like if it’s quarter to 8?
20. If the minute hand is on 12 and the hour hand is on 7, what time is it?

Hard Level Questions

21. If the time is 10:50, where are the hour and minute hands?
22. What time is it if the hour hand is slightly past 12 and the minute hand is on 5?
23. Calculate the time if the hour hand is on 9 and the minute hand is on 12.
24. How many minutes are there from 2:10 to 3:00?
25. If it’s 11:45, where are the hands on the clock?
26. What does 8:20 look like on the clock?
27. If the time is 4:55, where are the hour and minute hands?
28. How many minutes past 1:00 is it if the minute hand is on 7?
29. What time is it if the hour hand points to 6 and the minute hand is on 4?
30. If it’s quarter past 11, where is the minute hand?

Answers

Easy Level Answers

1. 12:00
2. 3:00
3. 2:30
4. 4:00
5. 45 minutes
6. The hour hand is on 1 and the minute hand is on 3.
7. 5:15
8. 8:00
9. 60 minutes
10. The hour hand is halfway between 7 and 8.

Medium Level Answers

11. 10:10
12. The hour hand is near 3 and the minute hand is on 9.
13. The hour hand is on 4 and the minute hand is on 6.
14. 3:20
15. 30 minutes
16. The minute hand is on 3.
17. 6:50
18. The minute hand points to 1.
19. 7:45
20. 7:00

Hard Level Answers

21. The hour hand is near 10 and the minute hand is on 10.
22. It’s about 12:25.
23. 9:00
24. 50 minutes
25. The hour hand is near 12 and the minute hand is on 9.
26. The hour hand is on 8 and the minute hand is on 4.
27. The hour hand is near 5 and the minute hand is on 11.
28. 35 minutes past 1:00
29. 6:20
30. The minute hand is on 3.

Now, practice reading clocks at home, and you’ll be a clock-reading expert in no time!