What this lesson shows
The clock face in halves and fourths: half past 3, quarter after 3, and quarter til 4.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 3:15 p.m. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Quarter after: on the 3
- Half past: on the 6
- Quarter til: on the 9
Helping at home
Draw a line from 12 to 6 and one from 3 to 9. Quarter after: the long hand on 3. Half past: on 6. Quarter til the next hour: on 9.
If your kid gets stuck
Halves and quarters of the clock.
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