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Now, let us learn more about reading the time.
Hour Hand
It takes 12 hours to move round the clock and takes 1 hour to move from
one number to the next.
Minute Hand
It takes 1 hour to move round the clock and takes 5 minutes to move
from one number to the next.
Quarter past the hour
11 12 1
In the given clock, the minute hand is at 3. It means 10 2
quarter past. The hour hand is in between 7 and 8 but 9 4 3
closer to 7. 8 7 6 5
The time is ‘quarter past 7’ or ‘seven fifteen’. This is Quarter past 7
also written as 7 : 15 .
o’clock
Fact-o-meter
11 12 1 �
Half means a whole
10 2 part divided into two
Quarter to 9 3 Quarter past
(15 minutes) (15 minutes) equal parts.
Quarter means a
8 4 �
7 6 5 whole part divided
into four equal parts.
Half past (30 minutes)
Half past the hour 11 12 1
10 2
In the given clock, the minute hand is at 6. It means 9 3
‘half an hour’. The hour hand is in between 7 and 8. 8 4
The time is ‘half past 7’ or ‘seven thirty’. This is also 7 6 5
written as 7 : 30 . Half past 7
