Time
A clock tells us the time.
It has a minute hand and an hour hand.
The longer hand is the minute hand. It shows us the minutes.
The shorter hand is the hour hand. It shows us the hours.
Each small marking on the clock stands for 1 minute.
There are 60 markings on the clock.
There are 60 minutes in 1 hour.
Look at this clock.
The hour hand is at 5.
The minute hand is at 3.
This means it is 15 minutes after 5 o’clock
Look at this clock
The hour hand is at 6. We write 6 on the left side
6 :
The minute hand is at 4. This means it is 20 minutes after 6 o’clock. We write 20 on the right hand side
6 : 20