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Reading a Clock

A clock has: Hour hand (short, moves slowly โ€” 12 hours for one full rotation), Minute hand (long, moves faster โ€” 60 minutes for one full rotation). Reading time: look at hour hand for hour, look at minute hand for minutes. When minute hand at 12: time is exactly on the hour (e.g., 3:00). At 3: time is 15 minutes past (3:15). At 6: 30 minutes past (half past). At 9: 45 minutes past (quarter to next hour).

10 examples

Concept check 1
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Definition to application 2
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Formula warm-up 3
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Reasoning practice 4
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Board-style short answer 5
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Mistake correction 6
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Visual interpretation 7
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Applied word problem 8
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Revision challenge 9
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Exam recap 10
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