Time in Hours and Minutes

Time in hours and minutes are read out in the following figures of clock/watch.

How to read time in hours and minutes?

There are 12 big divisions marked on a clock. The big divisions have five small divisions each. The small division stands for one minute. When the minute hand moves from one big division to the next, 5 minutes have passed.

When the minute hand moves from one small division to the next, 1 minute has passed.

To read the time, first look at the hour-hand. It is between 4 and 5, so it is after 4 o' clock. To find the minutes skip count by 5’s from 12 to 8 (40).
Then count by ones till you reach the minute-hand (42).
The time is 4 : 42.

Hour hand is at 2 Minute hand is at 1, So, time is 2 hours 5 minutes 2 : 05 40 minutes past 4 20 minutes to 5 4 : 40 55 minutes past 3 5 minutes to 4, 3 hours 55 minutes 3 : 55 36 minutes past 2, 24 minutes to 3 2 : 36 Hour hand at 6 Minute hand at 12 6 hours 0 minute 6 : 00 Hour hand is between 4 and 5 Minute hand is at 8 x 5 + 2 42 minutes past 4 18 minutes to 5 4 : 42 52 minutes past 4 08 minutes to 5 4 : 52 Hour hand is at 11 Minute hand at 12 11 : 00 48 minutes past 7 12 minutes to 8 7 : 48 52 minutes past 8 08 minutes to 9 8 : 52

This watch/clock will help us to read out the time in hours and minutes.

Suppose, if it is 30 minutes past 6 we write it as half past 6 or half to 7.

If it is 45 minutes past 8 we write it as quarter to 9.

We write 10 : 15 as quarter past 10

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