Reading The Clock

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First thing you do is locate the hour hand 

The hour hand is the shorter of the two clock hands 

It moves from one clock number to the next one 

Until it’s a full rotation 

One and each and every clock it's 12 hours  

Many times it don’t point exactly to that number  

In that case look at that number it was as  

Most recently, most recently  

 

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Now let’s talk about the minute hand. The minute hand is longer of the two clock hands  

It points to the minutes that has passed since the new hour began and an hour makes one full rotation  

That means the number of minutes is a multiple of 5 

5, 10,15,2025,30,35,40 etc. etc. 

Now here comes the example: 

If the minute hand is pointing to the one you would say  

5 minutes, you would say 5 minutes  

If the minute hand is pointing to the 6 

You would say 30 minutes, 30 minutes 

If the short hand is on the 2 and the longer hand is on the 6 

The time now is 2:30, 2:30 

If the short hand is on the 10 and the longer hand is on the 12 

The time now is 10 o’clock  

 

 

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I'ma show y'all how to read a clock 

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