Practice question (not marked). Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Answer: ___
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Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Answer: ___
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Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Answer: ___
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Look at the clock.
What time does the clock show?
Answer: ___
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Draw the hands on the clock face to show 6 o'clock.
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Draw the hands on the clock face to show half past 2.
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Three clocks are shown below, Clock A, Clock B and Clock C.
Write the time shown on each clock.
(a)Clock A(1)
(b)Clock B(1)
(c)Clock C(1)
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The school bell rings at 3 o'clock.
Write this time using numbers and a colon (:).
Answer: ___
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Grace has her tea at half past 5.
Write this time using numbers and a colon (:).
Answer: ___
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Circle the clock that shows half past 7.
A) Hour hand exactly at 7, minute hand exactly at 12
B) Hour hand halfway between 7 and 8, minute hand exactly at 6
C) Hour hand exactly at 8, minute hand exactly at 12
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Write the time shown on each clock using a colon (:).
(a)Clock 1(1)
(b)Clock 2(1)
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Amir's day: breakfast at half past 8, lunch at half past 11, home time at 3 o'clock.
Put these three times in order, starting with the earliest.
Answer: ___, ___, ___
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Ben's swimming lesson starts at half past 3. It lasts 1 hour.
What time does the lesson finish? Show your working.
Answer: ___
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Ellie wakes up at 7 o'clock. She has breakfast half an hour later.
What time does Ellie have breakfast? Show your working.
Answer: ___
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Listen carefully to the times your teacher reads aloud. Write each time using numbers and a colon (:).
(a)Seven o'clock(1)
(b)Half past ten(1)
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Are these statements true or false? Write True or False for each.
(a)At half past 3, the minute hand points to the 6.(1)
(b)At 9 o'clock, the hour hand points to the 12.(1)
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Draw the hands on the clock face to show half past 11.
Remember: the hour hand does not point straight at a number when it is half past the hour.
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Kwame looks at a clock showing half past 8. He says, 'The hour hand should point exactly at the 8 because it says half past 8.'
Explain why Kwame is not correct.
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Zara arrives at the park at half past 2. She plays for half an hour before having a picnic.
What time does Zara start her picnic? Show your working.
Answer: ___
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Oliver leaves home at 8 o'clock. He walks for half an hour to reach the bus stop. He then waits half an hour for the bus.
What time does the bus arrive? Show your working.
Answer: ___
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Mark scheme · KS1.M5 Time (o'clock and half past)
Question 0
B0 Practice item; not included in total marks. Correct answer is 3 o'clock.
Answer: 3 o'clock (3:00)
Question 1
B1 8 o'clock oe (accept 8:00)
Answer: 8 o'clock (8:00)
Question 2
B1 half past 5 oe (accept 5:30)
Answer: half past 5 (5:30)
Question 3
B1 half past 9 oe (accept 9:30)
Answer: half past 9 (9:30)
Question 4
B1 Hour hand pointing exactly at 6 and minute hand pointing exactly at 12 cao
Answer: Hour hand at 6, minute hand at 12
Question 5
B1 Hour hand pointing halfway between 2 and 3, and minute hand pointing exactly at 6 cao
Answer: Hour hand halfway between 2 and 3, minute hand at 6
Question 6
(a) B1 7 o'clock oe (accept 7:00)
(a) Answer: 7 o'clock (7:00)
(b) B1 half past 11 oe (accept 11:30)
(b) Answer: half past 11 (11:30)
(c) B1 half past 4 oe (accept 4:30)
(c) Answer: half past 4 (4:30)
Question 7
B1 3:00 oe (accept 3.00)
Answer: 3:00
Question 8
B1 5:30 oe (accept 5.30)
Answer: 5:30
Question 9
B1 B cao
Answer: B
Question 10
(a) B1 9:00 oe
(a) Answer: 9:00
(b) B1 1:30 oe
(b) Answer: 1:30
Question 11
B1 half past 8, half past 11, 3 o'clock cao (allow digital equivalents 8:30, 11:30, 3:00)
Answer: half past 8, half past 11, 3 o'clock
Question 12
M1 adds 1 hour to half past 3 oe, or equivalent correct method
A1 half past 4 cao (accept 4:30)
Answer: half past 4 (4:30)
Question 13
M1 adds half an hour (30 minutes) to 7 o'clock oe, or equivalent correct method
A1 half past 7 cao (accept 7:30)
Answer: half past 7 (7:30)
Question 14
(a) B1 7:00 oe
(a) Answer: 7:00
(b) B1 10:30 oe
(b) Answer: 10:30
Question 15
(a) B1 True cao
(a) Answer: True
(b) B1 False cao
(b) Answer: False
Question 16
B1 Hour hand pointing halfway between 11 and 12, and minute hand pointing exactly at 6 cao
Answer: Hour hand halfway between 11 and 12, minute hand at 6
Question 17
B1 identifies that the hour hand should be between 8 and 9, not exactly at 8
B1 correct reason given, e.g. because half an hour (30 minutes) has passed since 8 o'clock, so the hour hand has moved half way towards 9
Answer: Kwame is wrong. At half past 8 the hour hand is between the 8 and the 9, because half an hour has already passed since 8 o'clock, so the hour hand has moved part of the way towards 9.
Question 18
M1 adds half an hour (30 minutes) to half past 2 oe
A1 3 o'clock cao (accept 3:00)
Answer: 3 o'clock (3:00)
Question 19
M1 adds half an hour then another half an hour (total 1 hour) to 8 o'clock oe
A1 9 o'clock cao (accept 9:00), ft their total from 8 o'clock