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Grade 1 Math · Chapter 9 · Lesson 8

Practice Worksheet

Telling Time to the Hour

Read a clock when the long hand points straight up.

10 problems · about 13 minutes · 1.MD.B.3

NameDate

Figure — use these to answer the problems

Keep the minutes at 0. Change the hour and read it out loud.
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Short hand: the hourLong hand: the minutes
3:00
Hour3
Minutes0
Figure 1

Warm-Up Review

From earlier lessons. Loosen up before the new work.

4 problems

  1. From “Fourths and Quarters”

    How many fourths make one whole?

    Answer

  2. From “Halves”

    How many equal shares are in a half?

    Answer

  3. From “Shapes Inside Shapes”

    How many triangles make one trapezoid?

    Answer

  4. From “Making New Shapes”

    How many triangles fill one hexagon?

    Answer

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

3 problems

  1. Short hand on 4, long hand up. What hour?

    Answer

  2. How is 6 o’clock written?

    • 6:00
    • 6:30

  3. Short hand on 5, long hand up. What hour?

    Answer

Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

1 problem

  1. Short hand on 12, long hand up. What hour?

    Answer

Stretch Yourself

Mixed problems. Work out what kind of question it is before you start.

2 problems

  1. Which hand tells the hour?

    • The short hand.
    • The long hand.

  2. School Starts

    The short hand is on 9 and the long hand is up. What hour?

    Answero’clock