Telling Time to the Nearest Minute
Print 3rd grade clock worksheets: read analog clocks to the nearest minute, write minutes past and to the hour, and draw hands. 12 versions with answer keys.
Worksheet version 1 of 12. The answer key matches the current version.
Count by 5s to the last number the long hand passed, then count on the small minute marks.
1. What time is it? Write the time.
____ : ____
2. What time is it? Write the time.
____ : ____
3. Write the time. Then write it as minutes past the hour.
____ : ____ = ____ minutes past ____
4. Write the time. Then write it as minutes to the next hour.
____ : ____ = ____ minutes to ____
5. Draw the hands to show 5:59.
Short hand = hour. Long hand = minute.
6. Draw the hands to show 12:13.
Short hand = hour. Long hand = minute.
About this worksheet
To read a clock to the nearest minute, find the number the long minute hand has just passed and count by 5s to it, then count on one minute for each small mark. At 7:43 the long hand is 3 marks past the 8: 40, 41, 42, 43. The short hour hand is a little before the 8, because it moves toward the next hour as the minutes go by.
After half past, people often say the minutes left until the next hour: 7:43 is 17 minutes to 8. Each version has two clocks to read, one to write as minutes past, one as minutes to, and two clocks to draw. Every time on the sheet lands between the 5-minute marks, so students cannot just count by 5s.
Practice aligned to CCSS 3.MD.A.1.
Before this: telling time to five minutes. Next: elapsed time on a number line. More practice: measurement and data worksheets and 3rd grade math worksheets.
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