Watch: How to tell the time
The minute hand and the hour hand on an analogue clock tell us what the time is.
Watch the video to learn how to tell the time on a clock.
Clock: Strap on your learning pants, it鈥檚 time!
Brain: Brain?
Narrator: How about showing Brain some on the hour action Clock?
Clock: Alright! 1 o鈥檆lock! 2 o鈥檆lock! 3 o鈥檆lock!
Narrator: You see Brain, Clock is made up of the numbers 1 through 12鈥 minute hand鈥nd an hour hand.
1 hour is made up of 60 minutes, and this is shown with one full turn of the minute hand around the clock's face, whilst the hour hand moves on just one more number.
So there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, got that Brain?
Brain: Brain!
Clock: 12 o'clock!
Narrator: Nice work Clock! How about showing Brain some half past the hour action?
Clock: Alright, let鈥檚 go! Half past 1. Half past 2. When the minute hand is pointing toward the number 6, it is half past - or 30 minutes past - the hour. So one half turn means 30 minutes have passed.
Brain: Brain!
Narrator: Good lad, Clock. Time to rest! Get it? Time to鈥h forget it.
Activities
Practice telling the time with the activity and quiz below.