ClockTo 5 minutes
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Look at each clock. Follow the short hour hand and the long minute hand, then write the time.
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Tell time to five minutes worksheets
After the quarter hour, a clock is read in fives — the minute hand counted round the face in groups of five. These free printable sheets show six clocks set to the nearest five minutes and ask for the digital time.
If they get stuck
Tell time to five minutes
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Reading to five minutes is where the minute hand stops landing on the four familiar quarters and starts pointing anywhere on the dial. The child counts by fives from the twelve — 5, 10, 15, up to 55 — to read the minutes, then checks the short hour hand between the numbers. Every clock here places both hands exactly, so the answer is read, not estimated.
Why this sheet works
The six clocks spread across the hour and across different hours, so no two answers repeat and the page cannot be finished by copying one reading down. Saying each time two ways — 3:35, or twenty-five to four — ties the face to the language a child hears at home and in class.
How this one works
One question from a sheet like this one, worked a step at a time — with a sentence saying what just happened and why.
Tell time to five minutes, step by step