Telling Time to Five Minutes
Free printable telling time to five minutes worksheets. Read analog clocks at five minute intervals, with an answer key.
Times land on every five minutes, so the minute hand points at one of the twelve numbers and the student has to count round in fives to turn that into minutes. It is the step where reading a clock stops being pattern recognition and starts being arithmetic.
The minute marks around the edge are there to count from. Twelve clocks to a page; drop to nine or six if they need to be larger.
What this worksheet covers
- Read the time to the nearest five minutes
- Count around the clock face in fives
Common Core standards
- 2.MD.C.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes.
Frequently asked questions
What grade is telling time to five minutes?
Second grade in most curricula, once skip counting by fives is solid - the two are taught to support each other.
How do you read the minutes?
Count round from the 12 in fives: the 3 is fifteen minutes, the 6 is thirty, the 9 is forty-five.
Can I go finer than five minutes?
Yes - set Times To The to Minute and the hand lands anywhere, which is the third grade version.
What do quarter past and quarter to mean?
Quarter past is 15 minutes after the hour, when the minute hand is on the 3. Quarter to is 15 minutes before the next hour, when it is on the 9. Quarter to four is 3:45.