Reading an Analog Clock - Half Past Time

  

Reading an Analog Clock - Half Past Time

Practice Examples

What time is shown in this clock?

The short hand that is the hour hand is pointing in between 2 and 3.

So the time is 2 hours and some minutes. 

There are 60 minutes in an hour. The minute hand has completed half rotation and is pointing at 6 that is the minute hand is referring to 30 minutes. 

The time shown is 2:30. 

30 minutes is half an hour. 

2:30 is half an hour past 2 o clock.

The time is half past 2.

What time is shown in this clock?

The hour hand is pointing in between 9 and 10.

So the time is 9 hours and some minutes.

There are 60 minutes in an hour. The minute hand has completed half rotation and is pointing at 6 that is the minute hand is referring to 30 minutes. 

The time shown is 9:30.

30 minutes is equal to half hour. 

9:30 means it is half an hour past 9 o clock.

The time is half past 9.

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