L3 · Telling time on analog and digital clocks; a.m. and p.m.
“I can tell the time on both analog and digital clocks, and I can say whether a time is a.m. (midnight to noon) or p.m. (noon to midnight) - including noon and midnight themselves.”
The hour hand is halfway between 10 and 11, and the minute hand points at 6. Step 1: Hour hand halfway past 10 - the hour is 10 (it has not reached 11). Step 2: Minute hand at 6 → 6 × 5 = 30 minutes. Step 3: The time is 10:30 - and a digital clock showing the same moment reads exactly 10:30. Say it plainly: analog and digital clocks tell the SAME time. The hour hand's position (just past, halfway, almost at) always agrees with the digital hour, and the minute hand's number × 5 always agrees with the digital minutes. One warning: on a digital clock, 4:07 means 7 minutes past - the minute hand sits just past the 1 (5 minutes), NOT at the 7.
A digital clock shows 4:07. Why is the minute hand NOT pointing at the 7?
The hour hand is just past 12 and the minute hand points at 4. Write the time as a digital clock would show it. -> 12:20 (4 × 5 = 20)
"A digital clock shows 9:55. On an analog clock the hour hand is almost at ___ and the minute hand points at ___." -> 10; the 11 (11 × 5 = 55)
10 scored questions with a 3-rung hint ladder. Mastery needs 8/10 plus both gate questions.