Time

A clock face is divided into 12 big parts and 60 small parts. There are three hands on a clock. These three hands show the three units of the time – second, minute and hour.

Telling time to the exact minute

The time is 7:0 7. We read it as.

Seven seven.

7 minutes past 7.

7 minutes after 7.

Read and write the time shown on the following clocks.

a. b.

c. d.

The minute ha nd of a clock moves from one number to the next in 5 minutes.

In other words, the interval between two numbers are divided into 5 equal small parts.

Each small part stands for 1 minute.

The time shown by the clock can be written and read in different ways.