Time Detectives: Telling the Time
Year 2 | Ages 6–7 | Beginner
Instructions: Work through the activities in order. Use the minute numbers around a clock face to help: each number step is 5 minutes. Remember that quarter past is 15 minutes past the hour and quarter to is 15 minutes before the next hour.
Read the Clock
Look carefully at each analogue clock. Write the time shown in digital form, using a colon between the hour and minutes. The longer hand shows the minutes.
Write the Time in Words
Write each digital time in words. Use ‘past’ when the minutes are after the hour and ‘to’ when they are before the next hour. For quarter to, name the hour that is coming next.
1. 3:05 =
2. 5:15 =
3. 7:30 =
4. 8:45 =
5. 11:55 =
Minutes and Hours
Use what you know about minutes and hours to complete each fact. An hour has 60 minutes. A full day has 24 hours.
1. There are ___ minutes in 1 hour.
2. Half an hour is ___ minutes.
3. A quarter of an hour is ___ minutes.
4. There are ___ hours in 1 day.
5. 2 hours have ___ minutes.
Which Time Comes First?
Compare the two times in each question. Write ‘earlier’ or ‘later’ in the box to describe the second time compared with the first.
1. 9:10, then 9:25. The second time is .
2. 2:40, then 2:20. The second time is .
3. 11:45, then 12:00. The second time is .
4. 4:05, then 4:15. The second time is .
5. 7:30, then 7:25. The second time is .
How Long Did It Take?
Work out the time interval in minutes. These activities start and finish within the same hour, so count forwards in 5-minute steps if that helps.
1. Reading starts at 3:10 and finishes at 3:25. It lasts ___ minutes.
2. A game starts at 10:05 and finishes at 10:20. It lasts ___ minutes.
3. Art starts at 1:30 and finishes at 1:50. It lasts ___ minutes.
4. A song starts at 6:15 and finishes at 6:25. It lasts ___ minutes.
5. A walk starts at 8:40 and finishes at 8:55. It lasts ___ minutes.
Activity 1: 2:00 ; 4:15 ; 6:30 ; 8:45 ; 10:25
Activity 2: five past three ; quarter past five ; half past seven ; quarter to nine ; five to twelve
Activity 3: 60 ; 30 ; 15 ; 24 ; 120
Activity 4: later ; earlier ; later ; later ; earlier
Activity 5: 15 minutes ; 15 minutes ; 20 minutes ; 10 minutes ; 15 minutes
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