Lesson: Reading Clocks: Nearest Minute Mathematics • 3rd Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to tell time shown on an analog clock to the nearest minute and match it to that shown on a digital one.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

read the time to the nearest minute shown on an analog clock or a digital clock,
write in digits the time to the nearest minute shown on an analog clock or described in words,
correctly position the hands on analog clocks to show times to the nearest minute,
recognize times expressed in more than one way (for example, 12:35 or 25 to 1),
identify errors when telling the time digitally,
solve word problems that involve telling time in digits to the nearest minute.

Lesson Worksheet

Q1:

What time is it?

Write the time using a colon, for example 12:00.

Q2:

Liam sets a daily alarm at 06:13 on his digital watch to go to work. One day, he wakes up and does not find his watch. In his room, he finds the analog watch as shown.

Will Liam be late?

Q3:

Scarlett needs to adjust the time on her analog watch according to the TV’s digital watch. She finds that the TV’s digital watch reads 07:42. The following figure shows her analog watch.

Which of the following is her analog watch after she adjusts it?