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Grade 3 Math · Chapter 2 · Lesson 6

Practice Worksheet

Telling Time to the Minute

Every little mark is one minute.

10 problems · about 12 minutes · 3.MD.A.1

NameDate

Figure — use these to answer the problems

Move the minutes one at a time and read the clock.
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Short hand: the hourLong hand: the minutes
4:22
Hour4
Minutes22
Figure 1

Warm-Up Review

From earlier lessons. Loosen up before the new work.

3 problems

  1. From “Subtracting Within 1,000 Fluently”

    905 − 348 = ?

    Answer

  2. From “Adding Within 1,000 Fluently”

    385 + 247 = ?

    Answer

  3. From “Estimating Sums and Differences”

    Estimate 406 + 195 to the nearest hundred.

    Answer

Warm Up

Straightforward practice. Get the method working first.

3 problems

  1. One mark past the 9. How many minutes past the hour?

    Answer

  2. What does one small mark stand for?

    Answer

  3. Two marks past the 6. How many minutes past?

    Answer

Build It Up

The same ideas with more to keep track of.

1 problem

  1. Four marks past the 2. How many minutes past?

    Answer

Stretch Yourself

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

3 problems

  1. How many minutes are between two numbers on the clock?

    Answer

  2. The Bell

    The long hand is three marks past the 7. How many minutes past the hour?

    Answerminutes

  3. Nearly the Hour

    The long hand is on the 11 with one mark past. How many minutes past?

    Answerminutes