What this lesson shows
Fixes a mistake
At 2:55 the hour hand is nearly on 3. The hour is still 2, so it is 2:55, not 3:55.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 2:55 p.m. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Almost on the next hour is not there yet
- The hour it passed is the hour
- Count by 5s to the long hand
Helping at home
The hour is the number the short hand has passed, even when it is almost on the next one. Count the minutes by 5s to the long hand.
If your kid gets stuck
Which number has the short hand 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.
Standards
- Common Core 2.MD.C.7
Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
Matches standards in 49 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.2.23a
- Alaska 2.MD.7
- Arizona 2.MD.C.7
- Arkansas 2.GM.9
- California 2.MD.C.7
- Colorado 2.MD.C.7
- Connecticut 2.MD.C.7
- Delaware 2.MD.C.7
- District of Columbia 2.MD.C.7
- Florida MA.2.M.2.1
- Georgia 2.MDR.6.1
- Hawaii 2.MD.C.7
- Idaho 2.MD.C.7
- Illinois 2.MD.C.7
- Indiana 2.M.4
- Iowa 2.MD.C.7
- Kansas 2.MD.7
- Kentucky KY.2.MD.7
- Louisiana 2.MD.C.7
- Maine 2.MD.C.7
- Maryland 1.GR.C.5
- Michigan 2.MD.C.7
- Minnesota 2.3.3.1
- Mississippi 2.MD.7
- Missouri 2.GM.D.10, 2.GM.D.11
- Montana MT.2.MD.7
- Nebraska 2.G.5.b
- Nevada 2.MD.C.7
- New Hampshire 2.MD.C.7
- New Jersey 2.M.C.7
- New Mexico 2.MD.C.7
- New York NY-2.MD.7
- North Carolina NC.2.MD.7
- North Dakota 2.GM.M.3
- Ohio 2.MD.7
- Oklahoma 2.GM.3.1, 2.GM.3.2, 3.GM.3.1
- Oregon 2.GM.D.10
- Pennsylvania CC.2.4.2.A.2
- Rhode Island 2.MD.C.7.a
- South Carolina 2.MGSR.1.2
- South Dakota 2.MD.C.7
- Tennessee 2.MD.C.7
- Utah 2.MD.7
- Vermont 2.MD.C.7
- Virginia 2.MG.2a, 2.MG.2c, 2.MG.2d
- Washington 2.MD.C.7
- West Virginia M.2.21
- Wisconsin M.2.MD.C.7
- Wyoming 2.MD.7