Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour — Quiz

Grade 2 · Math · Quiz

Practice reading clocks and telling time to the hour and half hour.

Questions

The minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 2. What time is it?
1. 12:02
2. 2:00
3. 2:30
4. 12:30
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Answer: 2:00
Minute hand at 12 and hour hand at 2 = exactly 2 o'clock.
5:30 means five o'clock.
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Answer: False
5:30 means thirty minutes past five, not five o'clock (which is 5:00).
When the minute hand is on the 6, it is ___ minutes past the hour.
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Answer: 30
Minute hand at 6 = 30 minutes have passed.
Which clock shows 8:30?
1. Hour hand at 8, minute hand at 12
2. Hour hand between 8 and 9, minute hand at 6
3. Hour hand at 9, minute hand at 6
4. Hour hand at 8, minute hand at 3
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Answer: Hour hand between 8 and 9, minute hand at 6
At 8:30, the hour hand is halfway between 8 and 9, and the minute hand is at 6.
The long hand on a clock is the hour hand.
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Answer: False
The long hand is the minute hand. The short hand is the hour hand.
11:00 is read as ___ o'clock.
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Answer: eleven
11:00 = eleven o'clock.
School starts at 8:00. What does this time look like on a clock?
1. Both hands at 8
2. Hour hand at 8, minute hand at 12
3. Hour hand at 12, minute hand at 8
4. Hour hand at 8, minute hand at 6
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Answer: Hour hand at 8, minute hand at 12
8:00 exactly — minute hand at 12, hour hand at 8.
How many minutes are in a half hour?
1. 15
2. 20
3. 30
4. 60
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Answer: 30
A half hour = 30 minutes.
6:30 and 'half past 6' mean the same thing.
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Answer: True
Both expressions mean 30 minutes past 6.
On a digital clock, 4:___ shows four o'clock.
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Answer: 00
O'clock on a digital clock is shown as :00.

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