Time
Look at the clock. It tells us time
It has hours hand, a minutes hand and a seconds hand.
The small thick hand is the hours hand.
It shows us the hours.
The long thick hand is the minutes hand.
It shows us the minutes.
The thin hand is the seconds hand. It moves very fast, it shows us the seconds.
There are 60 small lines on the clock.
The time it takes the seconds hand to move past one small line is equal to 1 second
There are 60 seconds in a minute.
1 minute = 60 seconds
There are 12 numbers on the clock. Each number shows an hour.
The time it takes the minutes hand to move past the 60 lines once, is equal to 1 hour, So, one complete round of minutes hand is equal to one hour
There are 60 minutes in an hour
1 hour = 60 minutes
Let's read the time on this clock.
The hours hand is at 6. The minutes hand is at 3 which Is 15 according to the smaller lines. We say that it is 15 minutes past 6 o' clock.
We write it as 6: 15 and read it as six fifteen.
The seconds hand is at 45 according to the smaller lines.
This means 45 seconds have passed after six fifteen
Example 1: Look at the clock.
The hours hand is between 2 and 3. We will read the smaller number.
The minute hand is at 8. Which is 40 according to smaller lines
We write it as 2: 40 and read it as two forty
The seconds hand is at 24 according to smaller lines
This means 24 seconds have passed after two forty