Grade 2 Math Practice Test: Telling Time to the Nearest Five Minutes
- Telling Time to Five Minutes
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes. Each number on the clock face means 5 more minutes.
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Question 1
Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Correct answer: A
The short hand is just past the 3, so the hour is 3. The long hand points to the 5, and 5 × 5 = 25 minutes. The answer 3:05 reads the 5 as 5 minutes.
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Question 2
Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Correct answer: B
The long hand points to the 8, which means 40 minutes. The short hand is between the 8 and the 9, so the hour is still 8. It becomes 9 only when the short hand reaches the 9.
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Question 3
Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Correct answer: C
The long hand on the 11 means 55 minutes. The short hand is almost at the 12, but it has not reached it, so the hour is 11.
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Question 4
Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Correct answer: B
The short hand is just past the 6. The long hand points to the 2, which means 2 × 5 = 10 minutes. The answer 6:02 reads the 2 as 2 minutes.
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Question 5
The long hand of a clock points to the 9. How many minutes after the hour is it?
Correct answer: B
Each number stands for 5 minutes, so the 9 means 9 × 5 = 45 minutes after the hour.
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Question 6
A movie starts at 2:30. What time is it 15 minutes later?
Correct answer: C
30 minutes + 15 minutes = 45 minutes, and the hour stays 2, so it is 2:45.
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Question 7
Which time is the same as "quarter past 7"?
Correct answer: D
A quarter of an hour is 15 minutes. Quarter past 7 means 15 minutes after 7:00, which is 7:15. 6:45 is quarter to 7.
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Question 8
Leah eats breakfast before school, at 7:30 in the morning. How do we write this time?
Correct answer: D
Times from midnight until noon are a.m. Breakfast in the morning is 7:30 a.m.; 7:30 p.m. would be in the evening.
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Question 9
Which time is "half past 4"?
Correct answer: A
Half an hour is 30 minutes, so half past 4 is 30 minutes after 4:00, or 4:30.
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Question 10
Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Correct answer: C
The long hand points to the 10, which means 50 minutes. The short hand is close to the 2 but not there yet, so the hour is 1. The time is 1:50.
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