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Telling Time to the Nearest Minute Worksheets

Read every minute mark and write the exact digital time shown by each analog clock.

Grade 3 Read analog clocks to the nearest minute.

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Preview of the exact-minute worksheet, with analog clocks and lines for writing the time to the minute.

About this worksheet

This worksheet asks for the exact minute. It has 12 analog clocks. The minute hand may rest on any of the 60 small marks, not only the five-minute numbers. Each clock in the set uses a different minute. The child writes the full digital time on the line under the clock.

A name line and a date line are at the top. The answer key lists the 12 times after the questions. The PDF is a free download of this worksheet and its answer key. There is no account and no email. Print worksheet prints the clocks on the screen. New questions builds another exact-minute set in the browser. Share the PDF when everyone should have the same page.

Find the last five-minute number the long hand has passed, then count the extra small marks one by one. The short hand may sit between two hours. Use the hour it has already gone past.

How to use this worksheet

This is the hardest reading sheet in the set. The minute hand can sit on any of the 60 small marks, so children count by fives to the last number, then count the remaining marks one by one. Learners should already be comfortable counting by fives around the clock.

Before printing

Show that each small mark adds one minute after the nearest numbered position.

During practice

Find the nearest five-minute mark first, then count the extra marks.

After checking

Review whether a mistake came from the hour hand or the final one-minute count.