As we all know , that a clock is used to see the Time. Let us learn how to decide , what Time is it , by looking at the clock.
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| A Clock |
Question - How many hands do we see on this clock?
Answer: We see two hands on this clock.
- The long hand is called the minute hand and
- The short hand is called the hour hand.
Question- How many numbers do we see on this clock?
Answer: We see numbers from 1 to 12 on the face of a clock.
Note:
- The minute hand moves faster than the hour hand.
- The minute hand takes 1 hour to complete one round on the face of the clock and
- The hour hand takes 12 hours to complete one round.
On the above clock, short hand i.e. hour hand is at number 7 and long hand i.e. minute hand is at number 12.The time is read as 7 o’ clock or 7:00.
Note:
When minute hand points to number 12 and hour hand point to any number on the face of clock, the time is read as 0’clock.
Example: 7 o’clock, 4 o’ clock etc.
When the hour hand moves from number 7 to number 8, the minute hand completes one round. Now hour hand is at number 8 and the minute hand is at number 12, the time is 8 o’ clock.
1 hour = 60 minutes
Practice Questions
Q1. Write the correct time in each of the following.
