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Time Basics Exploration Worksheet

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Time Basics Exploration Worksheet

Help the little kiwi get ready for a busy day. Read each task and write or draw your answers.

Meet the Clock

A clock has a face, numbers, a short hour hand and a long minute hand.

1.On an analogue clock, which hand is shorter?
  • The hour hand
  • The minute hand
  • Both hands are always the same length
2.The short hand points to 3, and the long minute hand points to 12. What number completes the time: o'clock?
3.The short hand points to 3 and the long minute hand points to 12. What time is it?

Help the Kiwi Get Ready

The kiwi has a few things to do before school. Use the clock clues to help.

4.The kiwi eats breakfast at 7 o'clock. Draw the short and long hands on the clock to show 7 o'clock.
121234567891011
5.At half past 6, where does the minute hand point?
  • 12
  • 6
  • 3
6.Draw the hands to show half past 6.
121234567891011

A Day in Order

Match each activity to its time using this schedule: the kiwi wakes up at 7 o'clock, school starts at half past 8, lunch is at 12 o'clock, and bedtime is at 7:30.

7.Match each activity with its time in the schedule.
  • Wake up
  • School starts
  • Eat lunch
  • Go to bed
  • 7:30
  • 7 o'clock
  • Half past 8
  • 12 o'clock
8.The kiwi wakes up at 7 o'clock. What time comes half an hour later?
  • Half past 7
  • Half past 8
  • 7 o'clock
9.Which two phrases describe times when the minute hand points to 6 or 12?
10.If the long minute hand points to 12 and the short hand points to 9, what time is it?
121234567891011

3 printable pages

  • Time Basics Exploration Worksheet, page 1 of 3: Meet the Clock

    Page 1

  • Time Basics Exploration Worksheet, page 2 of 3: Help the Kiwi Get Ready, A Day in Order

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  • Time Basics Exploration Worksheet, page 3 of 3: 8. The kiwi wakes up at 7 o'clock. What time comes half an hour later?

    Page 3

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