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Understanding Time Quiz

Year 7 Maths — Reading Analog & Digital Clocks

Analog and digital clock illustration

🎯 WALT & Success Criteria

We Are Learning To (WALT): Read and interpret time shown on analog and digital clocks, including o'clock, half past, quarter past, and quarter to times.

I know I am successful when I can:

✅ Read the hour hand and minute hand on an analog clock correctly.

✅ Match analog clock times to their digital equivalents.

✅ Write times using correct language (e.g., quarter past 3, half past 7).

✅ Convert between digital and word-form time expressions.

💡 Dyslexia-friendly tip: Read each question carefully, one at a time. Cover other questions if it helps you focus. You may use a ruler as a guide under each line.

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice (Questions 1–8)

Instructions: Circle the correct answer for each question.

1. The minute hand is pointing to 12 and the hour hand is pointing to 3. What time is it?
Clock showing 3:00

12:03

3:00

3:30

12:30

2. Which digital time shows "half past seven"?
Clock showing 7:30

7:15

7:00

7:30

7:45

3. The minute hand points to 3 and the hour hand points between 10 and 11. What time is it?
Clock showing quarter past 10

Quarter to 10

Quarter past 10

Half past 10

10 o'clock

4. Which of the following is the same as "quarter to 6"?
Clock showing quarter to 6

6:15

5:45

6:45

5:15

5. On an analog clock, where does the minute hand point for "quarter past"?
Clock showing quarter past

The 12

The 6

The 3

The 9

6. The digital clock shows 9:30. What is this in words?
Clock showing half past 9

Quarter past 9

Quarter to 9

Half past 9

9 o'clock

7. How many minutes are in one full hour?

30 minutes

100 minutes

60 minutes

24 minutes

8. Which time is "quarter to 12" in digital format?
Clock showing quarter to 12

12:15

11:45

12:45

11:15

✏️ Part 2: Fill in the Blank (Questions 9–14)

Instructions: Write the correct time or time expression on each line.

9. The digital time 4:00 in words is: ___________________________
10. "Half past two" in digital format is: ___________________________
11. The minute hand points to the 9 on an analog clock. The time is "quarter ___________" the hour.
12. Write "quarter past 8" as a digital time: ___________________________
13. If it is 6:45, the time in words is: quarter ___________ ___________________________
14. On an analog clock showing half past five, the minute hand points to the ___________ and the hour hand points between ___________ and ___________.

🔗 Part 3: Matching (Questions 15–20)

Instructions: Draw a line to match each digital time on the left to the correct time in words on the right.

15.   2:00
16.   10:30
17.   1:15
18.   8:45
19.   5:30
20.   11:15
Quarter past eleven
Half past five
Quarter to nine
Two o'clock
Quarter past one
Half past ten

🌟 Extension Activity (For Fast Finishers)

Challenge: Answer both questions below in full sentences.

A. School starts at quarter past 8 in the morning. Lunchtime is at 12:30. How many hours and minutes are between the start of school and lunchtime? Show your working.
B. Create your own word problem using TWO different clock times. Write the problem and then solve it.

💡 Differentiation note for students who find this tricky: Focus on Parts 1 and 2 only. Use a real clock or draw clock faces to help you visualise each question.

🔑 Answer Key (Teacher Use Only)

Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. 3:00  |  2. 7:30  |  3. Quarter past 10  |  4. 5:45  |  5. The 3  |  6. Half past 9  |  7. 60 minutes  |  8. 11:45

Part 2: Fill in the Blank

9. Four o'clock  |  10. 2:30  |  11. to  |  12. 8:15  |  13. quarter to seven  |  14. 6, minute hand → 6; hour hand between 5 and 6

Part 3: Matching

15 → Two o'clock  |  16 → Half past ten  |  17 → Quarter past one  |  18 → Quarter to nine  |  19 → Half past five  |  20 → Quarter past eleven

Extension A: 8:15 to 12:30 = 4 hours and 15 minutes

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