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Math · Ages 6–9 · 15 minutes

Telling Time: Sort Hour or Half Hour

A sorting routine asks children to justify whether the minute hand signals exactly an hour or thirty minutes past it.

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Telling Time: Sort Hour or Half Hour

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Today I am practising: distinguishing whole-hour and half-hour clocks

1

Sort a clock with minute hand at 12 into o’clock.

2

Sort a clock with minute hand at 6 into half past.

3

Write the matching digital time for 3:00.

4

Write the matching digital time for 3:30.

5

Draw one clock for each sorting column.

6

Tell an adult which minute-hand position decides your sort.

Grown-up guide
  1. Create two labeled columns: minute hand at 12 and minute hand at 6.
  2. Ask for the minute-hand evidence before accepting a sort.
  3. Mix the hour positions so children cannot sort based on the number alone.

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