Telling Time Quiz

Grade 2 · Math · Quiz

Test your ability to read clocks and understand hours, half hours, and quarter hours.

Questions

1. The short hand on a clock is called the:

   1. minute hand
   2. second hand
   3. hour hand
   4. time hand
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   Answer: hour hand

   The short hand is the hour hand because it points to the hour. The long hand is the minute hand.

2. When the minute hand points to 12, it is the top of the hour (o'clock).

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   Answer: True

   When the minute hand is on the 12, no minutes have passed yet, so it is exactly on the hour — o'clock.

3. If the hour hand points to 3 and the minute hand points to 12, what time is it?

   1. 12:03
   2. 3:00
   3. 3:12
   4. 12:30
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   Answer: 3:00

   The hour hand on 3 means it is 3 o'clock, and the minute hand on 12 means 0 minutes, so the time is 3:00.

4. When the minute hand points to 6, how many minutes have passed in the hour?

   1. 6 minutes
   2. 12 minutes
   3. 30 minutes
   4. 60 minutes
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   Answer: 30 minutes

   Each number on the clock stands for 5 minutes. The 6 is 6 x 5 = 30 minutes past the hour.

5. There are ___ minutes in one hour.

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   Answer: 60

   There are 60 minutes in one hour. The minute hand goes all the way around the clock in 60 minutes.

6. If the time is 7:30, the minute hand points to:

   1. 7
   2. 3
   3. 6
   4. 12
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   Answer: 6

   At 7:30, 30 minutes have passed. The minute hand points to 6 because 6 x 5 = 30 minutes.

7. A quarter hour is 15 minutes.

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   Answer: True

   A quarter of 60 minutes is 15 minutes. So a quarter hour = 15 minutes, and a half hour = 30 minutes.

8. Which time comes after 4:30?

   1. 4:00
   2. 3:30
   3. 4:15
   4. 5:00
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   Answer: 5:00

   Time moves forward, so after 4:30 comes 5:00. The other options are earlier times.

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