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1st grade math · Unit 7: Money and time

The short hand tells the hour

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

At 4:30 the short hand sits between 4 and 5. The long hand is the minutes.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 4:30. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Find the short hand
  2. The number it has passed
  3. That is the hour

Helping at home

The hour is the number the short hand has passed, not the one it is close to. At half past, it sits between two numbers.

If your kid gets stuck

Which number has it passed?

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 1.MD.B.3
    Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Matches standards in 50 statesSee each state's code

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