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Telling time to 5 minutes worksheets

A free five-page pack for 2nd grade: learn to tell time to 5 minutes and use a.m. and p.m, with a worked example, practice pages, word problems and an answer key.

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A pencil works one example of each activity, so you can see how the worksheet goes before you print it. Tap a step to jump to it. The rest of the sheet is left for your child to finish.

Read what the video says

0:00 Let's practice telling time to 5 minutes, step by step.
0:04 Each number on the clock stands for 5 minutes. Count by fives to the long hand: 5, 10, 15, 20. This clock shows 3:20.
0:15 Read the clock. The short hand has just passed 3. The long hand is on 1, so that's 5 minutes. It's 3:05.
0:23 Draw the hands for 7:35. 35 minutes is 7 fives, so the long hand points to 7. The short hand is just past 7.
0:34 Circle a.m. or p.m. We eat breakfast in the morning, so circle a.m.
0:39 Word problems. Omar wakes up at 6:35 a.m. and eats breakfast 15 minutes later. What time is breakfast? The answer is 6:50 a.m.
0:51 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.

How to do it

Each number on the clock stands for 5 minutes. Count by fives from 12 to the long hand: at 4 it is 20 minutes past. Morning times are a.m., and afternoon and evening times are p.m.

Teaching tip

Write 5, 10, 15 and so on around the outside of a practice clock. Take the numbers away once children can count by fives without them.

Try some

Tap to check3:05
Tap to check12:10
Tap to check9:20
Tap to check2:25
Tap to check6:40
Tap to check2:05
Tap to check2:40
Tap to check9:30

Word problems

Omar wakes up at 6:35 a.m. and eats breakfast 15 minutes later. What time is breakfast?Show answer

6:50 a.m.

Lunch starts at 11:50 a.m. and lasts 30 minutes. What time does lunch end?Show answer

12:20 p.m.

Write "15 minutes past 3" with numbers.Show answer

3:15

Zara has soccer practice after school. Is that a.m. or p.m.?Show answer

p.m.

What the worksheets look like

Telling time to 5 minutes worksheet: how to read a clock, then clocks to read — Page 1: how to read a clock, then clocks to read

Telling time to 5 minutes worksheet: draw the hands, or find how long it took — Page 2: draw the hands, or find how long it took

Blank clock faces

Nine clocks with no hands, to make your own practice.

Template(1 page, color)Ink saver (B&W)

Common questions

How do you teach telling time to 5 minutes?

Each number on the clock stands for 5 minutes. Count by fives from 12 to the long hand: at 4 it is 20 minutes past. Morning times are a.m., and afternoon and evening times are p.m. Write 5, 10, 15 and so on around the outside of a practice clock. Take the numbers away once children can count by fives without them.

What grade learns telling time to 5 minutes?

Usually 2nd grade. In the Common Core it is part of 2.MD.C.7.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Page 5 has every answer from the pack and a short teaching tip.