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 2 o'clock?
- What time will it be after another 36 minutes?
- What time will it be after another 86 minutes?
- What time will it be after another 3 hours and 14 minutes?
- What time was it 30 minutes ago?
- What time was it 79 minutes ago?
- What time was it 228 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 :
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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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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
"Shakespeare didn't get all his facts correct. Cassius, in the play Julius Caesar said "The clock hath stricken three" a millennium or so before mechanical clocks were invented!"