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Human Clock Activity

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Human Clock Activity

Use your arms as the clock hands. One arm is the short hour hand and one is the long minute hand. On a clock, the minute hand points to 3 for quarter past and 9 for quarter to. At half past, the minute hand points to 6. The hour hand moves between numbers as time passes.

Clock detectives

Read each clock. Remember: the long hand shows the minutes and the short hand shows the hour.

1.The minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 5. What time is it?
121234567891011
2.At the park, Anh leaves at quarter past 2. Which number should the minute hand point to?
  • 2
  • 3
  • 6
  • 9
3.A clock shows quarter past 4. Write the time using numbers.
121234567891011
4.True or false? At quarter to 7, the minute hand points to 9.
TrueFalse
5.The footy game starts at quarter to 3. What time is that using numbers?
  • 2:15
  • 2:45
  • 3:15
  • 3:45

Make the human clock

Stand in a safe space and use your arms as clock hands. Point your long arm to the minute number and your short arm towards the hour. If you are working on paper, draw the hands instead.

6.Show quarter past 8 with your arms. Where does your long arm point, and where should your short arm be?
121234567891011
7.Show quarter to 11 with your arms. Which number does the long arm point to?
121234567891011
8.Fill in the missing words: At half past 6, the minute hand points to .
9.Put these times in order from earliest to latest: quarter past 3, 3 o’clock, quarter to 4.
33.253.53.754
10.Jarrah says, “Quarter to 5 means the minute hand points to 3.” Is Jarrah correct? Explain what the minute hand should do.

3 printable pages

  • Human Clock Activity, page 1 of 3: Clock detectives

    Page 1

  • Human Clock Activity, page 2 of 3: Make the human clock

    Page 2

  • Human Clock Activity, page 3 of 3: 10. Jarrah says, “Quarter to 5 means the minute hand points to 3.” Is Jarrah correct?

    Page 3

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