Math Mammoth Clock

Contents

Introduction ............................................................... 4

Whole and Half Hours .............................................. 7

The Minutes and Half Hours ................................... 11
Time Order ............................................................... 15
AM and PM ............................................................... 17
Review - Half Hours ................................................. 20

The Minutes .............................................................. 21

The Minutes, Part 2 .................................................. 24
Past and Till in Five-Minute Intervals .................... 26
How Many Hours Pass? ......................................... 29

Review: Reading the Clock ...................................... 31

Half and Quarter Hours ........................................... 33
Review: Till and Past .............................................. 35
How Many Minutes Pass ......................................... 37
Practice .................................................................... 40
Clock to the Minute .................................................. 41
Elapsed Time ............................................................. 44
More on Elapsed Time ............................................. 46
The 2013 Calendar ................................................... 50
The Calendar: Weekdays and Months ................... 52
The Calendar: Dates ................................................ 55
Using the Calendar ................................................... 58
Changing Time Units ................................................ 60
Review 1 .................................................................... 64
Review 2 .................................................................... 65

Answers ..................................................................... 66

More from Math Mammoth ..................................... 78

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Half and Quarter Hours
The clock face is divided into four equal parts.
Each part is one-fourth.
We can see that one-fourth of 60 minutes is 15 minutes.
The word “quarter” means one-fourth.
When we say, “A quarter past 6”, we mean one-fourth
of an hour past 6 o'clock, or 15 minutes past 6.
When we say, “A quarter till 6”, we mean one-fourth
of an hour till 6 o'clock, or 15 minutes till 6.
1 hour = 60 minutes.
When we say, “Half-past 6”, we mean a half-hour 1/2 hour = 30 minutes.
past 6 o'clock, or 30 minutes past 6. 1/4 hour = 15 minutes.

15 past 4, OR a quarter past 4 15 till 8, OR a quarter till 8 half past 10

1. Write the time using “a quarter past”, “a quarter till”, “half past”, or “o'clock”.

a. b. c. d.

e. f. g. h.

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Whole and Half Hours
In this lesson, the clock only has one hand - the HOUR hand.

The hour hand points to four - The hour hand points to eleven -
it is four o'clock, or “four hours”. it is eleven o'clock, or “eleven hours”.

The hour hand slowly moves around the clock face:

from 1 to 2 to 3, and so on.

When the hour hand moves from 1 to 2, exactly one

hour of time has passed.

The same is true when the hour hand moves from 2

to 3. It takes the hour-hand one hour to do that.

On this clock, the hour hand has first pointed to 5

- it was five o'clock.

Then it has moved halfway between 5 and 6.

We say it is half past five.

It takes the hour hand one-half hour to move from five

to halfway between five and six.

The hour hand has moved past eight o'clock, and is halfway
between 8 and 9. We say it is half past eight.

In half an hour. it will be nine o'clock.

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1. Write the time under each clock face.

a. o'clock b. o'clock c. o'clock d. o'clock

2. Draw the hour hand.

a. five o'clock b. eight o'clock c. twelve o'clock d. seven o'clock

3. Write the time.

a. half past b. half past c. half past d. half past

4. Draw the hour hand.

a. half past six b. half past three c. half past two d. half past four

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5. Write the time!

a. b. c. d.

e. f. g. h.

6. Draw the hour hands on the clocks. On the second row, show the time a half-hour later.
On the third row, show the time another half-hour later (compared to the second row).

Draw
the hour
hand.

a. Five o'clock b. One o'clock c. Half-past six d. Half-past three

A half-
hour
later →

Another
half-
hour
later →

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7. Draw the hour hand on the clocks. Then write the time that the clock shows a half-hour later.

a. three o'clock b. eleven o'clock c. half-past five d. half-past eleven

1/2 hour
later → half past half past o'clock o'clock

8. Write the time that the clock shows. Then write the time an hour later.

a. o'clock b. o'clock c. half past d. half past

An
hour

later
→

9. Draw the hour hand on the clock face. Write what time it would be an hour later.

a. three o'clock b. eleven o'clock c. half-past five d. half-past eleven

An
hour

later
→

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How Many Minutes Pass?
1. How many minutes does the minute hand “cover,” or “pass through,” on the clock?
Count by fives. Also, show the time passing using your practice clock.

a. From 10:00 b. From 1:20 c. From 5:50 d. From 2:05

till 10:15 till 1:35 till 6:10 till 2:40
minutes minutes minutes minutes

2. Make your practice clock show the starting time. Then, move the minute hand till the ending
time. How many minutes pass? Count by fives.

from to from to from to

a. minutes b. minutes c. minutes

from to from to from to

d. minutes e. minutes f. minutes

3. The clock shows the time now. Write the later times. Use your practice clock to help, or
imagine the minute hand moving ahead.

5 minutes later : 20 minutes later :

10 minutes later : 25 minutes later :

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Introduction
The Math Mammoth Clock is a worktext (meaning it contains both the teaching and the exercises) that
you will find easy to teach from without the need of a separate teacher's manual.

This book covers reading the clock, figuring out simple time intervals, and using the calendar, all in one
book. The topics progress starting from the first grade level to the third grade level. Therefore, you also
can let your child work the pages of this book in different time periods, and not go through it all at once,
depending on your child's current level.

The lessons are divided into the grade-levels this way: reading the clock to the half-hour is first grade
material; reading the clock to the five-minute intervals is second grade; and reading the clock to the
minute is third grade level. I realize this is somewhat arbitrary, and there is no need to follow it exactly.
Just keep in mind that the material in this book does get more difficult towards the end.

You will need a practice clock, such as an alarm clock, where the child can turn the clock hands. Reading
the clock is a skill that will be used in everyday situations, so this topic (fortunately) is one that children
also learn by experience, and do not easily forget once learned.

I wish you success in your math teaching!

Maria Miller