Grades 3–4
Draw the Time to the Minute
Twelve blank clocks with times like 3:17 and 8:42. Kids count by fives and ones to place the minute hand.
Math worksheet · Telling time and elapsed time
Find the Start Time
Six end-time clocks with how long each thing lasted. Kids count back to find when it started.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–4
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Reading analog clocks, Telling time, Elapsed time, Calendar skills
What kids do
“Read the end time. Count back the time it took. Write the start time.”
Printed on the sheet:
- It took 30 minutes.
- 1 hour 30 minutes.
- It took 50 minutes.
- It took 40 minutes.
- It took 1 hour.
Teacher tip
Ask kids to count back the hours first, then the minutes.
How to use it
- Keep a geared demo clock at the front and model each type of problem.
- Color the hour hand and the minute hand differently on the first two clocks.
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Reading the hour hand as the next hour when it is just before it, like 2:50 read as 3:50.
Talk about it
- How do you know which hand is the hour hand?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Play “What time is it, Mr. Wolf?” with real clock times.
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More telling time and elapsed time worksheets
1st grade
Telling Time to the Hour
Twelve clocks showing o’clock times. Kids read the hour hand and write the time.
Grades 1–2
Draw the Time: Hour and Half Hour
Twelve blank clocks with a time under each. Kids draw the hour hand and minute hand, on the hour and half hour.
Grades 2–3
Telling Time to Five Minutes
Twelve clocks at five-minute times. Kids count by fives around the clock and write the time.
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