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Grade 1 Math · Chapter 9 · Lesson 9

Practice Worksheet

Telling Time to the Half Hour

Half past is exactly half of the way round.

10 problems · about 14 minutes · 1.MD.B.3, 1.G.A.3

NameDate

Figure — use these to answer the problems

Set the minutes to 30. Watch the short hand move too.
121234567891011
Short hand: the hourLong hand: the minutes
3:30
Hour3
Minutes30
Figure 1

Warm-Up Review

From earlier lessons. Loosen up before the new work.

4 problems

  1. From “Telling Time to the Hour”

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

    Answer

  2. From “Fourths and Quarters”

    How many fourths make one whole?

    Answer

  3. From “Halves”

    How many equal shares are in a half?

    Answer

  4. From “Shapes Inside Shapes”

    How many triangles make one trapezoid?

    Answer

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

3 problems

  1. How many minutes is half an hour?

    Answer

  2. Short hand between 6 and 7, long hand down. What time?

    • Half past 6.
    • Half past 7.

  3. How many minutes is half an hour?

    Answer

Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

1 problem

  1. At half past 5, where is the short hand?

    • Between 5 and 6.
    • Exactly on 5.

Stretch Yourself

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

2 problems

  1. How is half past 8 written?

    • 8:30
    • 8:00

  2. Lunchtime

    The short hand is between 12 and 1, long hand down. Which hour?

    Answerhalf past