Max Maths, Year 3, Learn together, Review of reading the time (2)

In this educational segment from a Year 3 mathematics textbook, children are invited to explore the concept of time by focusing on the movement of the minute hand around a clock face. The lesson aims to reinforce their understanding of how the position of the minute hand relates to the minutes passed within an hour. The first example provided illustrates a simple scenario: when the minute hand points directly at the 12 and the hour hand points at the 3, it indicates that the time is exactly 3 o'clock. This serves as a foundational reference point for understanding the subsequent positions of the hands.

The lesson then moves on to a slightly more complex example, where the minute hand has advanced to the 2, which corresponds to 10 minutes past the hour. Children learn that this new position of the minute hand signifies that 10 minutes have elapsed since the time was 3 o'clock, making the current time 3:10. This is also expressed in a more conversational format as "three ten," helping students to become familiar with both the digital and colloquial ways of reading and expressing time. Through these examples, the aim is to build confidence in reading analog clocks by relating the minute hand's position to specific time increments.