11.01 Half hours and quarter hours
Lesson
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Do you know which is the hour hand, and which is the minute hand? What times are shown on the clocks below?
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Let's look at times that we call "half past." We will see how half past is half the way around the clock face, which is $30$30 minutes.
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Question 1
Which clock shows half past five?
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Let's split the clock into quarters and look at how to use "quarter past" and "quarter to" to describe these times. These can be used to represent $15$15 minutes and $45$45 minutes for the minute hand.
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Question 2
What time is shown on the clock?
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Remember!
We can describe the position of the minute hand using these phrases:
- o'clock - when the minute hand is pointing to $12$12
- quarter past - when the minute hand is pointing to $3$3
- half past - when the minute hand is pointing to $6$6
- quarter to - when the minute hand is pointing to $9$9
