Tell Time and Calculate Intervals - 3rd Grade Math

1. What time is shown if the minute hand is on $3$ and the hour hand is just past $7$?

   $7{:}15$. Minute hand on $3$ means $15$ minutes past the hour.

2. Identify the correct digital time for "$9$ minutes past $5$."

   $5{:}09$. Single-digit minutes need a leading zero in digital format.

3. What time is $15$ minutes after $6{:}50$?

   $7{:}05$. Add $15$ to $50$ minutes to get $65$ minutes, which is $1$ hour $5$ minutes.

4. What time is shown by an analog clock with the minute hand at $3$ and the hour hand just past $9$?

   $9:15$. Minute hand at 3 means 15 minutes past the hour.

5. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $2:58$ to $3:06$?

   $8$ minutes. From 58 to 60 is 2 min, plus 6 more is 8 min.

6. What time is it if a movie starts at $1{:}35$ and lasts $40$ minutes?

   $2{:}15$. Add $40$ minutes: $35 + 40 = 75$ minutes = $1$ hour $15$ minutes.

7. What is the number of minutes for each number step on a clock from $1$ to $2$?

   $5$ minutes. Each number on the clock represents 5 minutes.

8. What is the number of minutes in $\frac{1}{2}$ hour?

   $30$ minutes. Half of $60$ minutes equals $30$ minutes.

9. What is the difference in minutes between $45$ minutes and $19$ minutes?

   $26$ minutes. Subtract the smaller time from the larger time.

10. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $2{:}55$ to $3{:}10$?

    $15$ minutes. From $2{:}55$ to $3{:}00$ is $5$ minutes, plus $10$ more to $3{:}10$.

11. What minute value does the clock number $4$ represent for the minute hand?

    $20$ minutes. Multiply clock number by $5$: $4 \times 5 = 20$ minutes.

12. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $5{:}40$ to $6{:}00$?

    $20$ minutes. From $:40$ to $:00$ is $60 - 40 = 20$ minutes.

13. What is the value in minutes of one full turn around a clock (from $12$ back to $12$)?

    $60$ minutes. One complete rotation equals one hour.

14. What is the number of minutes in $\frac{1}{4}$ hour?

    $15$ minutes. One-fourth of $60$ minutes equals $15$ minutes.

15. What is the time in digital form for "quarter to $8$"?

    $7{:}45$. "Quarter to" means $15$ minutes before the next hour.

16. What time is shown by an analog clock with the minute hand at $12$ and the hour hand at $7$?

    $7:00$. Minute hand at 12 means exactly on the hour.

17. What is the difference in minutes between $50$ minutes and $23$ minutes?

    $27$ minutes. Subtract the smaller from the larger: $50 - 23 = 27$.

18. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $6:35$ to $7:00$?

    $25$ minutes. From 35 to 60 minutes is 25 minutes.

19. What is the value in minutes of each small tick mark on a standard analog clock face?

    $1$ minute per tick mark. There are $60$ tick marks for $60$ minutes on a clock face.

20. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $11{:}40$ to $12{:}05$?

    $25$ minutes. From $11{:}40$ to $12{:}00$ is $20$ minutes, plus $5$ more to $12{:}05$.

21. What is the number of minutes in $1$ hour?

    $60$ minutes. Standard conversion: 1 hour equals 60 minutes.

22. What does the short (hour) hand point to at exactly $3{:}00$?

    The $3$. The hour hand points to the hour number at exactly that hour.

23. What time is shown on a digital clock display of $7{:}05$?

    $7$ hours and $5$ minutes. The colon separates hours from minutes in digital time.

24. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $4{:}12$ to $4{:}47$?

    $35$ minutes. Subtract start time from end time: $47 - 12 = 35$.

25. What is the time in digital form for "half past $9$"?

    $9{:}30$. "Half past" means $30$ minutes after the hour.

26. Identify the correct digital time for "$1$ minute before $7{:}00$."

    $6{:}59$. $60 - 1 = 59$ minutes, keeping the hour at $6$.

27. What does the long (minute) hand point to at exactly $3{:}00$?

    The $12$. At the top of every hour, the minute hand points to $12$.

28. Which is later: $8{:}19$ or $8{:}41$?

    $8{:}41$. $41$ minutes is greater than $19$ minutes.

29. What time is $15$ minutes before $10{:}05$?

    $9{:}50$. Subtract $15$ minutes: $5 - 15 = -10$, so borrow from hour.

30. What does the long (minute) hand point to when the time is exactly $60$ minutes past the hour?

    The $12$ on the clock. $60$ minutes equals one hour, returning the minute hand to $12$.

31. What minute value does the clock number $11$ represent for the minute hand?

    $55$ minutes. Multiply clock number by $5$: $11 \times 5 = 55$ minutes.

32. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $7{:}50$ to $8{:}05$?

    $15$ minutes. Cross the hour: $(60-50) + 5 = 15$ minutes.

33. What time is shown by an analog clock with the minute hand at $11$ and the hour hand almost at $6$?

    $5:55$. Minute hand at 11 means 55 minutes past the hour.

34. What time is shown if the minute hand is on $6$ and the hour hand is between $2$ and $3$?

    $2{:}30$. Minute hand on $6$ means $30$ minutes past the hour.

35. What time is $40$ minutes before $7:10$?

    $6:30$. Go back 10 min to 7:00, then 30 more to 6:30.

36. What time is shown by an analog clock with the minute hand at $9$ and the hour hand almost at $5$?

    $4:45$. Minute hand at 9 means 45 minutes past the hour.

37. What time did an activity start if it ended at $5{:}20$ and lasted $25$ minutes?

    $4{:}55$. Subtract duration from end time: $5{:}20$ minus $25$ minutes.

38. What time is $25$ minutes after $1{:}35$?

    $2{:}00$. Add $25$ minutes: $35 + 25 = 60$ minutes = next hour.

39. What time is $15$ minutes before $12:05$?

    $11:50$. Go back 5 min to 12:00, then 10 more to 11:50.

40. What time is shown by an analog clock with the minute hand at $6$ and the hour hand between $2$ and $3$?

    $2:30$. Minute hand at 6 means 30 minutes past the hour.

41. What is the time interval in minutes between $8:15$ and $9:00$?

    $45$ minutes. From 15 to 60 minutes equals 45 minutes.

42. What is the value in minutes of each number step (for example, from $2$ to $3$) on the minute hand?

    $5$ minutes per number step. Clock numbers are $60 ÷ 12 = 5$ minutes apart.

43. What does the long (minute) hand point to when the time is exactly $30$ minutes past the hour?

    The $6$ on the clock. Each number represents $5$ minutes, so $6$ means $30$ minutes.

44. What time is $20$ minutes before $9{:}10$?

    $8{:}50$. Subtract $20$ minutes: $10 - 20 = -10$, so go back to $50$.

45. What time is shown by an analog clock with the minute hand at $1$ and the hour hand just past $8$?

    $8:05$. Minute hand at 1 means 5 minutes past the hour.

46. What is the time in digital form for "quarter past $6$"?

    $6{:}15$. "Quarter past" means $15$ minutes after the hour.

47. What is the total time in minutes for $12$ minutes plus $18$ minutes?

    $30$ minutes. Add the minutes: $12 + 18 = 30$.

48. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $4:50$ to $5:05$?

    $15$ minutes. From 50 to 60 is 10 min, plus 5 more is 15 min.

49. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $3{:}10$ to $3{:}25$?

    $15$ minutes. Subtract start time from end time: $25 - 10 = 15$ minutes.

50. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $3:10$ to $3:25$?

    $15$ minutes. Count from 10 to 25: that's 15 minutes.

51. What time is $10$ minutes after $3{:}25$?

    $3{:}35$. Add $10$ minutes: $25 + 10 = 35$ minutes.

52. What is the value in minutes between two neighboring numbers on the clock (for example, from $2$ to $3$)?

    $5$ minutes. Each clock number represents $5$ minutes for the minute hand.

53. What time is shown if the minute hand is on $9$ and the hour hand is between $4$ and $5$?

    $4{:}45$. Minute hand on $9$ means $45$ minutes past the hour.

54. What does the long (minute) hand point to when the time is exactly $45$ minutes past the hour?

    The $9$ on the clock. Each number represents $5$ minutes, so $9$ means $45$ minutes.

55. What time is $20$ minutes after $9:40$?

    $10:00$. 40 + 20 = 60 minutes, which becomes 10:00.

56. What is the elapsed time in minutes from $2{:}48$ to $3{:}02$?

    $14$ minutes. Cross the hour: $(60-48) + 2 = 14$ minutes.

57. What time is $35$ minutes after $1:25$?

    $2:00$. 25 + 35 = 60 minutes, which becomes 2:00.

58. What does the long (minute) hand point to when the time is exactly $15$ minutes past the hour?

    The $3$ on the clock. Each number represents $5$ minutes, so $3$ means $15$ minutes.

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