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MA.2.M.2.1: Telling Time to Five Minutes

What this Grade 2 benchmark means, worked examples, common mistakes, and a free printable worksheet.

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What Is Benchmark MA.2.M.2.1?

Students tell and write time to the nearest five minutes on analog and digital clocks, using a.m. and p.m. correctly.

They also use words for parts of an hour: half an hour, half past, quarter of an hour, quarter after, and quarter til. A quarter of an hour is 15 minutes, and half an hour is 30 minutes.

Official benchmarkUsing analog and digital clocks, tell and write time to the nearest five minutes using a.m. and p.m. appropriately. Express portions of an hour using the fractional terms half an hour, half past, quarter of an hour, quarter after and quarter til.

How it is tested: Grade 2 students take FAST Star Math, Florida's math test for Kindergarten through Grade 2.

Worked Examples

Worked Example 1

Reading an Analog Clock

The hour hand is between the 4 and the 5. The minute hand points to the 7. What time is it?
  1. 1The hour hand has passed 4 but not reached 5, so the hour is 4.
  2. 2Count by 5s to the 7: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35.
  3. 3That is 35 minutes after 4.
Answer: 4:35

Worked Example 2

Quarter Til

What time is quarter til 9 in the morning?
  1. 1Quarter til means 15 minutes before the hour.
  2. 215 minutes before 9:00 is 8:45.
  3. 3It is morning, so use a.m.
Answer: 8:45 a.m.

Common Mistakes to Watch For

Reading the number the minute hand points to as the minutes

Wrong:Hour hand just past 2, minute hand on the 3: 2:03

Count by 5s for the minute hand: the 3 means 15 minutes, so it is 2:15.

Reading the hour hand before it reaches the number

Wrong:Hour hand just before the 7, minute hand on the 10: 7:50

The hour hand has not reached 7 yet, so the hour is still 6. The time is 6:50.

Helpful Math Tip

Use a real analog clock at home and ask the time at moments that matter, like "What time is lunch?" Talk about a.m. (midnight to noon) and p.m. (noon to midnight).

Related Grade 2 Skills

MA.2.FR.1.1

Halves, Thirds, and Fourths

MA.2.NSO.2.1

Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20

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