Time - Telling the Time to the Minute (1) - Worksheet

A worksheet designed to enhance fluency and precision in telling the time to the nearest minute is provided for children to practice their skills. The worksheet focuses on the concept of 'past' and 'to' when reading times on an analogue clock. For example, students learn that if the time is approaching the next hour, they need to calculate the remaining minutes 'to' the hour. The exercises require children to identify how many minutes 'past' or 'to' the hour the clock is showing. They are also asked to write down the time displayed on the clock, counting in increments of five minutes to determine the minutes until the hour is reached. This practice helps to reinforce their understanding of time and aids in developing their ability to tell time accurately.

In addition to these exercises, the worksheet includes reasoning and problem-solving tasks. One such task involves determining what the time will be after adding a specified number of minutes to the current time displayed on the clock. Another challenging activity requires the children to match written times, which represent 45 minutes after the times shown on analogue clocks, to the correct clock faces. These activities are designed to deepen the children's comprehension of time and to challenge their ability to apply their knowledge to solve time-related problems. Answer keys are provided to allow for self-assessment or for use by educators to check the children's work.