Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour: Grade 1 Math Test Answer Key – PDF Download

Grade 1 Telling Test Answer Key: questions 1–5

Question 1: Read the hour (2 points)

1. The minute hand is on 12 and the hour hand is on 6: 6:00.
2. The minute hand is on 12 and the hour hand is on 11: 11:00.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct time.

Question 2: Read the half hour (2 points)

1. The minute hand is on 6 and the hour hand is between 3 and 4: 3:30.
2. The minute hand is on 6 and the hour hand is between 10 and 11: 10:30.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct time. Give no point if the hour is written as the larger number (4:30 or 11:30).

Question 3: Match the times (3 points)

1. 5:00 has the hour hand on 5 and the minute hand on 12: Clock C.
2. 9:30 has the hour hand between 9 and 10 and the minute hand on 6: Clock B.
3. 12:30 has the hour hand between 12 and 1 and the minute hand on 6: Clock A.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct letter.

Question 4: Where is the minute hand (2 points)

1. On the hour, the minute hand points straight up: 12.
2. At half past, the minute hand points straight down: 6.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct number.

Question 5: Order the times (2 points)

5:30 is first. Half an hour later is 6:00. Half an hour after that is 6:30.

The order is 5:30, 6:00, 6:30.

Scoring: 2 points for the correct order. 1 point if only the earliest or only the latest time is in the right place.

Grade 1 Telling Test Answer Key: questions 6–8

Question 6: Find the mistake (3 points)

1. No, Ben is not right.
2. At half past, the hour hand is halfway between two numbers. It has not reached 5, so the hour is 4. The correct time is 4:30.

Scoring: 1 point for no. 1 point for explaining that the hour hand has not reached 5. 1 point for 4:30.

Question 7: Write the time (3 points)

1. The hour is 4 and half past means :30: 4:30.
2. The hour is 7 and o’clock means :00: 7:00.
3. The hour is 10 and :30 means half past: half past 10.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct answer.

Question 8: School day (3 points)

1. Clock A: the minute hand is on 6 and the hour hand is between 11 and 12, so lunch starts at 11:30. Clock B: the minute hand is on 6 and the hour hand is between 12 and 1, so math starts at 12:30.
2. 12:30 is one hour after 11:30, so math starts later.

Scoring: 1 point for each correct time. 1 point for choosing math.

Scoring summary

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