Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 4: Basic Skills
• Method 2 of 4: Determining what time it is
• Method 3 of 4: How to Determine How Many Minutes
• Method 4 of 4: Put it all together
• Tips

Time is money. Time is the essence of being. Time is of the essence. As you grow up, you have more things to do - it's time to learn how to tell the time. This article is for those who want to know how to tell the time by the clock. Read on for some helpful hints and tips.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Basic Skills

1. 1 Find a working watch. You will notice many numbers and three hands on this watch.
   • One arrow is very thin and moves very quickly. It is called a second. A second passes with each movement.
   • The other hand is wider and longer, like a second, it is called a minute. Each time it moves one small division, a minute passes. Every 60 times she makes a full circle, an hour passes.
   • The last hand is also wide, but it is less than a minute. It's called the sentry. Each time it goes through one large division, an hour passes. Every 24 times, when she goes full circle, a day passes.
2. 2 Know the relationship between seconds, minutes and hours. Seconds, minutes and hours are all measures of the same thing: time. They are not the same, but they measure the same thing.
   • Every 60 seconds counts as one minute. 60 seconds, or 1 minute, is the time it takes for the second hand to go from 12 across the entire circle back to 12.
   • Every 60 minutes counts as one hour. 60 minutes, or 1 hour, is the time it takes for the minute hand to go from 12 across the whole circle back to 12.
   • Every 24 hours counts as one day. 24 hours, or day, is the time it takes for the hour hand to go from 12 through the whole circle back to 12, and then another circle.
3. 3 Look at the numbers on the clock. You will notice that the watch has many numbers in a circle. They are arranged in ascending order, that is, they increase as you move in a circle. The numbers increase from 1 to 12.
4. 4 Be aware that each hand on your watch moves in a circle in the same direction. We call this direction "clockwise". It goes in ascending order of numbers from 1 to 12. The hands on the watch always move in that direction when the watch is working properly.

Method 2 of 4: Determining what time it is

1. 1 Look at the number indicated by the hour hand (small, wide hand). So you can determine what time it is now. The hour hand always points to large numbers on the clock.
2. 2 Be aware that often the hour hand will be between two numbers. When it shows between two numbers, the lower number is the current hour.
   • If the hour hand points between 5 and 6, that means it is now around 5, because 5 is the lower number.
3. 3 Be aware that if the hour hand points exactly to the number, then that is how many hours are now. For example, if the small, wide hand points directly at 9, it is now exactly 9 o'clock.
4. 4 When the hour hand is closer to the larger of the two numbers, the minute hand approaches 12. When the minute hand points to 12, the next hour begins.

Method 3 of 4: How to Determine How Many Minutes

1. 1 Look at the number indicated by the minute hand (long, thick hand). It shows how many minutes it is now. Pay attention to the small divisions between the large numbers. They represent minutes. To determine how many minutes it is now, you must count each small division as one minute, starting with the number 12.
2. 2 Use multiples of five. When the minute hand points to a large number on the clock, use multiples of five to tell the minute it is.
   • For example, if the minute hand points directly to 3, multiply 3 by 5 to get 15. “15” is the number of minutes now.
3. 3 Determine how many minutes using multiples of five and the number of small divisions between large numbers. When the minute hand points between the large digits on the watch, find the closest large digit it has passed, multiply that number by 5, and add the number of remaining small divisions. There are four small divisions between each large number.
   • For example, if the minute hand points directly between 2 and 3, select the lower number first. This is the number "2". Multiply 2 by 5, which gives us 10. Then count the number of divisions from 10 minutes to where the minute hand is now: we get two, that is, another 2 minutes.
4. 4 Know where the minute hand is when the hour hand points exactly to the number. When the hour hand points exactly to the large number on the watch, the minute hand will always point to exactly 12.
   • This is because a new hour begins and the minute hand begins the circle again. If the hour hand is pointing exactly at 5 and the minute hand is pointing at exactly 12, that means it is exactly 5 o'clock now.

Method 4 of 4: Put it all together

1. 1 Notice where the hour hand is in this example. The hour hand points exactly to 6, which means it is exactly 6 o'clock. If the hour hand points exactly to 6, this means that the minute hand should point to exactly 12.
2. 2 Notice where the minute hand is in this example. The minute hand is on the second division after 9. So how do we figure out how many minutes are in this hour?
   • First, we multiply 9 by 5, we get 45. Then we add 2 more divisions to 45, which gives us 47. We've had 47 minutes in the current hour.
3. 3 Notice where the hour and minute hands are in this example. The hour hand is between 11 and 12, while the minute hand is 4 divisions after 3. How do we find the time?
   • First, let's determine what time it is. Since the hour hand is between 11 and 12, we choose the lower number. This means that it is now about 11 o'clock. Let's count the minutes. We have to multiply 3 by 5. This gives us 15. Now we need to add 4 divisions to 15, which gives us 19. Minutes - 19, hours - 11. This means the time is 11:19.

Tips

• If you have a digital clock, everything is much easier!
• Some watches have a hand that ticks every second and looks like a minute hand, and there are also sixty clicks every time the hand goes around a circle. The only difference is that it measures seconds, not minutes, and you can only tell it apart by how fast it moves.
• The 12-hour time format assumes the division of the 24 hours that make up the day into two 12-hour intervals - midnight (pn.) And afternoon (pn.), Denoted a.m. (lat. ante meridiem literally - "before noon") and p.m. (lat. post meridiem literally - "afternoon").