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Maths | Year 4 | Measurement | Telling the Time 12-Hour and 24-Hour | Lesson 1 of 4: Telling the Time Minute Intervals
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
To tell the time in minute intervals past the hour, we count around the
clock in fives in a clockwise direction. Between the five-minute intervals,
we can count single minutes.

10

15

20

25
30
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
5

Now let's look at the minutes. On

10
this clock, the big hand is one
minute after the 4. Count in 5s to
the What
4 andhour
then iscount on in 1s to
shown
It isminute
the 21 minutes past 7.
15
on thehand.
clock?How many
minutes have you counted?

20

20 + 1 = 21
It is 21 minutes past the hour.
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
5

Now let's look at the minutes. On

10
this clock, the big hand is one
minute before the 2. Count in 5s to
the 2 What
and then
hourcount back in 1s to
is shown
theItminute
is 9 minutes
hand.
on the
past 11.
How
clock? many
minutes have you counted?

10 - 1 = 9
It is 9 minutes past the hour.
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
Write the time shown on these clocks:

5 5

10 10

15 15

20 20

25 25
30 30

24 minutes past 2 11 minutes past 9

 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
Write the time shown on these clocks:

5 5

10 10

15 15

20 20

25 25
30 30

6 minutes past 4 22 minutes past 1

 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
Set your clock to show these times:

4 minutes past 4 23 minutes past 10

 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals Past the Hour
Set your clock to show these times:

14 minutes past 1 9 minutes past 8

 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
To tell the time in minute intervals to the hour, we count around the clock
in fives in an anticlockwise direction. Between the five-minute intervals,
we can count single minutes.

10

15

20

25
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
5

10
Now let's look at the minutes. On
this clock, the big hand is four
minutes before the 9. Count in 5s
Which
to the 9 andhour hascount
then the hour
on in 1s to
15
hand
the almost
It minute
is 19 reached?
hand.
minutes How
to 5. many
minutes have you counted?

15 + 4 = 19
It is 19 minutes to the hour.
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
5
Now let's look at the minutes. On
this clock, the big hand is one
minute before the 11. Count in 5s
to the 11 and then count on in 1s
Which hour has the hour
to the
It minute hand.to
is 6 minutes How
3. many
hand almost reached?
minutes have you counted?

5+1=6
It is 6 minutes to the hour.
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
Write the time shown on these clocks:

5 5

10 10

15 15

20 20

25 25

23 minutes to 4 17 minutes to 12
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
Write the time shown on these clocks:

5 5

10 10

15 15

20 20

25 25

9 minutes to 6 19 minutes to 9
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
Set your clock to show these times:

13 minutes to 9 21 minutes to 11
 Telling the Time:
Minute Intervals to the Hour
Set your clock to show these times:

19 minutes to 2 12 minutes to 8
 Telling the Time
Minute Intervals
Use your super time skills to complete the Telling the Time Minute
Intervals Activity Sheet.
 What’s the Time?
Set your clock to show the answer to this problem:

20 minutes ago, we
arrived home. It is now
23 minutes past 10. What
time did we arrive home?

3 minutes past 10.

 What’s the Time?
Set your clock to show the answer to this problem:

It’s 11 minutes to 12. My

lunch will be ready in 16
minutes. What time will
lunch be ready?

5 minutes past 12.

 What’s the Time?
Set your clock to show the answer to this problem:

My watch says it is 13
minutes to 5. The watch
is 20 minutes fast. What
is the correct time?

7 minutes past 5.