Time to the nearest minute
Read and write time to the nearest minute on analogue and digital clocks. Coordinate the minute scale with the hour hand, and express equivalent minutes-past and minutes-to readings.
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Read both hands to the nearest minute and write a digital time.
Read both hands to the nearest minute and write a digital time.
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Minutes and Days
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Minutes-and-days conversions support time to the nearest minute with related units. Not every elapsed-time spreadsheet.
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Before you openAsk the learner to convert between minutes and a larger time unit and say the result.
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Check understanding
- Read 7:43 from an analogue clock face and write it on a digital display, keeping the hour as 7 although the hour hand is near 8
- Read an analogue clock showing 11:06, explaining why the hour hand is just past 11 and the minute hand is six minutes past the hour
- Express 9:57 as three minutes to ten and explain the hour-hand position
“If an analogue kitchen clock shows 7:43, can your child read and write the time and explain why the hour is still 7? On another clock showing 9:57, can they write the digital time and say how many minutes remain until ten?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 7–9
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