Tell time to the minute
The question
Read the clock
How it works.
short hand:the hour
long hand:the minutes
past9→ hour is9
minutes:32
hour:9
minutes:32
9:32
- 01
Read the short hand first, then the long hand.
- 02
The short hand has passed the 9 and has not reached the 10, so the hour is 9.
- 03
Now the long hand. The numbers on the face are hours; the little marks between them are one minute each, and it reads 32.
- 04
Hour 9, minutes 32 — 9:32.