Telling Time to the Half Hour Worksheets

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Half past introduces the complication that trips almost every child: the hour hand has moved. At half past three it is not pointing at the three any more, it is sitting between the three and the four, and a child who has only ever seen it point directly at a number will read it as half past four. These sheets deliberately draw the hour hand in its true position rather than cheating it onto the number, because learning to read the earlier of the two numbers is the entire lesson here.

Clock faces showing whole hours and half hours mixed together, with the hour hand drawn in its correct intermediate position at half past. Sheets include reading the clock and writing the time, and drawing hands to match a written time. Faces are printed large with clear numbering. One worksheet per US Letter page, black and white.

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Frequently asked questions

Why is the hour hand between two numbers at half past?
Because it moves continuously as the hour passes, not in jumps. In half an hour it travels halfway from one number to the next, so at half past three it sits midway between the three and the four. The hour is always the number it has already passed.
My child says half past four when it is half past three. Why?
They are reading the nearer number, or the one ahead. The fix is to say the hour hand tells you the hour it has left, not the one it is heading towards. Covering the minute hand with a finger and asking which number the short hand has just gone past usually settles it.
Should I teach thirty past as well as half past?
It is worth introducing both, since digital clocks show 3:30 and children need to connect the two forms. Most teaching starts with half past because it matches the visual — the hand has gone half way round — and adds the digital reading afterwards.
What comes after the half hour?
Quarter past and quarter to, which extend the same idea to four positions round the clock, and then reading to five-minute intervals using the five times table. Each step reuses the position of the hour hand, so it is worth getting that secure here.