Math Time

Math Time

Tips for Time

Clocks and watches have both a big hand to tell the minutes and a little hand to tell the hour. If the hour hand is pointing to the 1, and the minute hand is pointing to the 12 (or 0 minutes), it is exactly one o'clock.

Notice that the hour hand is not pointing exactly at the 1, but has moved a little to the 2. As the minute hand moves all the way around the clock, the hour hand moves from one hour to the next.

Time	Ways to Say the Time
4:00	Four o'clock
2:15	Two-fifteen Quarter past two
6:30	Six-thirty Half past six
2:45	Two-forty-five Quarter to three
7:50	Seven-fifty Ten to eight
8:11	Eight-eleven Eleven minutes past eight
11:48	Eleven-forty-eight Twelve minutes to twelve
12:00	Twelve o'clock Noon (middle of the day) Midnight (middle of the night)