Time - Quarter past and quarter to - Worksheet

This worksheet is designed to help children understand and practise telling the time, specifically focusing on 'quarter past' and 'quarter to' the hour. The exercises require the children to apply their knowledge of fractions and how to read a clock face. They will learn that as the minute hand points to the quarter-hour marks, the hour hand moves incrementally along, too. For instance, at 'quarter past' an hour, the hour hand will be just beyond the number of the hour, while at 'quarter to' the hour, it will be just shy of the next hour. The worksheet presents various times for the students to read and draw, initially with options to choose from and later without, enhancing their ability to independently determine the correct time.

Furthering their skills in time-telling, the worksheet includes fluency and precision exercises where students must circle the correct time from a list of options, such as 'quarter past 3' or 'quarter to 12'. Additionally, reasoning and problem-solving tasks challenge the students to think critically. They might be asked to deduce the time when the clock faces are obscured or calculate the number of quarter-hour intervals within a given time frame. For example, they learn that there are four quarters in an hour, so between 10 o'clock and 1 o'clock, there are 12 quarters. These activities not only reinforce the concept of quarter hours but also integrate basic arithmetic and logical reasoning, making the learning process comprehensive and engaging.