Page 99 - Fun with Mathematics 2

HALF PAST

When the minute hand starts from 12 and reaches

6, then the time is half past an hour. Notice the hour 10 11 12 1 2
hand and the minute hand carefully in the clock shown 9 3

alongside. The minute hand is at 6 (shows 30 minutes). 8 4
4
The hour hand is between and 5. The time is read as 7 6 5
4
4
4 :30 or 30 minutes past or half past .
4
Write the correct time in the boxes given below.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5
6 6 6 6

5 Draw the hour hand and the minute hand according to the time given below.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5

10:30 4 :30 8:30 1:30

6 Fill in the blanks.

(a) When the minute hand moves from 12 to 6, we know it has covered
____________ minutes.

(b) At 2:30, the minute hand is on 6 and the hour hand is ____________
2 and 3.

(c) When the time is 5:30, we can also read it as half ____________.

(d) Another way to read 12:30 is ____________________________.

(e) Another way to read half past 7 is ____________.

99