Video Transcript
Chloe and Natalie draw quarter past
eight. Who is right?
In this question, we’re told that
two children, Chloe and Natalie, have both drawn the time quarter past eight. And we’re shown two clocks. Now let’s spend a moment looking at
these two clocks. What’s the same and what’s
different?
Well, if we look where the hands on
each clock are pointing, we can see that both Chloe and Natalie have drawn their
hands so that one of them is pointing to the number three, or at least close to the
number three, and the other hand has been drawn so that it’s pointing to the number
eight, or near to the number eight. But if we carry on looking more
closely at these clock faces, we can see that they’re slightly different. Chloe has drawn the minute hand, or
the longer hand, pointing to the number three. But on Natalie’s clock, she’s
decided to point this to the number eight.
And the hour hands are different
too. Chloe’s decided to draw her hour
hand pointing just after the number eight. But Natalie’s decided to draw hers
pointing just before the number three. In other words, it’s almost as if
the hands have been swapped around from Chloe to Natalie. Perhaps the way we’re going to
answer this question best is by trying to draw a quarter past eight for
ourselves.
To help us, let’s draw some times
of our own. What does the “eight” in quarter
past eight mean? It means that it’s a quarter of an
hour past eight o’clock. And we know what the hands of a
clock look like at eight o’clock, don’t we? The minute hand points straight up
to the number 12. And the hour hand that tells us
that it’s eight o’clock points to the number eight. A quarter-past time is where the
minute hand has moved a quarter of the way around the clock face. Instead of pointing to the number
12, it’s now pointing to the number three. And the hour hand, which was
pointing straight at the number eight, has now moved a quarter of the way towards
the number nine. It’s moved slightly past the number
eight. This is what the time quarter past
eight looks like.
Can you see who’s drawn it
correctly on their clock face? It’s Chloe. On Chloe’s clock, the minute hand
is pointing to the number three and the hour hand is just past the number eight. Natalie’s got the right idea, but
she’s muddled up the clock hands, which is an easy mistake to make when you’re
telling the time. It’s something we need to watch
for. The person who’s drawn quarter past
eight correctly is Chloe.
