What this lesson shows
3:19 is 15 by fives and 4 more, then a.m. or p.m.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 3:19 p.m. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- The short hand: the hour
- By 5s
- Then by 1s
- a.m. or p.m.
Helping at home
Put the long hand on the minute first, counting by 5s and then by 1s. Then put the short hand just past the hour, moving it further toward the next hour the more minutes have passed.
If your kid gets stuck
Count by 5s, then by 1s.
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 3.MD.A.1
Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
Matches standards in 50 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.3.18a
- Alaska 3.MD.1
- Arizona 3.MD.A.1a
- Arkansas 2.GM.11, 3.GM.10, 3.GM.11
- California 3.MD.A.1
- Colorado 3.MD.A.1
- Connecticut 3.MD.A.1
- Delaware 3.MD.A.1
- District of Columbia 3.MD.A.1
- Florida MA.3.M.2.1, MA.3.M.2.2
- Georgia 3.MDR.5.2, 3.MDR.5.3
- Hawaii 3.MD.A.1
- Idaho 3.MD.A.1
- Illinois 3.MD.A.1
- Indiana 3.M.3, 2.M.4
- Iowa 3.MD.A.1
- Kansas 3.MD.1
- Kentucky KY.3.MD.1
- Louisiana 3.MD.A.1.a, 3.MD.A.1.b, 3.MD.A.1.c
- Maine 3.MD.A.1
- Maryland 2.GR.C.7, 2.GR.C.8, 3.GR.A.2
- Massachusetts 3.MD.A.1
- Michigan 3.MD.A.1
- Minnesota 3.3.3.1
- Mississippi 3.MD.1
- Missouri 3.GM.B.4, 3.GM.B.5, 3.GM.B.6
- Montana MT.3.MD.1, 4.D1.18
- Nebraska 3.G.4.a, 3.G.4.b
- Nevada 3.MD.A.1
- New Hampshire 3.MD.A.1
- New Jersey 3.M.A.1
- New Mexico 3.MD.A.1
- New York NY-3.MD.1
- North Carolina NC.3.MD.1
- North Dakota 3.GM.M.3, 3.GM.M.4
- Ohio 3.MD.1.a
- Oklahoma 3.GM.3.2
- Oregon 3.GM.B.3
- Pennsylvania CC.2.4.3.A.2
- Rhode Island 3.MD.A.1
- South Carolina 3.MGSR.2.2, 4.MGSR.2.2, 3.MGSR.2.3
- South Dakota 3.MD.A.1
- Tennessee 3.MD.A.1.a
- Texas 111.4.b.9.G, 111.5.b.7.C
- Utah 3.MD.1
- Vermont 3.MD.A.1
- Virginia 3.MG.3a, 3.MG.3b, 3.MG.3c.i, 3.MG.3c.ii, 3.MG.3c.iii, 4.MG.2a.i, 4.MG.2a.ii, 4.MG.2a.iii
- Washington 3.MD.A.1
- West Virginia M.3.18
- Wisconsin M.3.MD.A.1