Clock

A large analogue clock to use for telling the time practice with the whole class.

Here are some ideas for questions. Click on a question to have it appear below the clock. The text of the question can then be edited so that it better meets the needs of your students.

• What time is it now?
• How long is it until the top of the next hour?
• How long is it until twelve o'clock?
• How many minutes have passed since 5 o'clock?
• What time will it be after another 50 minutes?
• What time will it be after another 73 minutes?
• What time will it be after another 4 hours and 16 minutes?
• What time was it 21 minutes ago?
• What time was it 89 minutes ago?
• What time was it 160 minutes ago?
• What fraction of the current hour has passed?
• What time would the hands appear to show if this clock was viewed in a mirror?
• At exactly which times are the hands of the clock pointing in the same direction?
• At exactly which times are the hands of the clock pointing in opposite directions?
• At exactly which times are the hands of the clock perpendicular?

It can be quite tricky answering the questions above when time is ticking away. The buttons below can be used to freeze the clock on the current time or set it for a specific time.

Set the clock to 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 : 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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Suggested Telling The Time Practise reading a clock face and making simple time calculations. The short web address is: www.transum.org/go/?to=tellingtime

Suggested Time Totals Ten questions requiring a time calculation based on popular films. The short web address is: www.transum.org/go/?to=time

Suggested Reading Scales A self marking exercise on the reading of scales of different types. The short web address is: www.transum.org/go/?to=readingscales

Many more activities can be found on the Time topic page.

The code for this clock was adapted from javascript made available by w3schools.com. The time showing is the time of your computer clock so if you think it is not correct you could adjust the time on your computer.

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