Set Clock

Free interactive math game: Set Clock — Which clock?. Part of the Numbers Around Us category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. Choose the clock showing: 11:10
  2. Choose the clock showing: 12:00
  3. Choose the clock showing: 6:10
  4. Choose the clock showing: 10:15

About this exercise

Going the other way round: picking the clock face that shows a written time.

How to solve it

Split the written time into hours and minutes, then divide the minutes by five to find the number the long hand must point at.

Worked example

For 3:50 the minutes are 50, and 50 divided by 5 is 10, so the long hand sits on 10 while the short hand approaches 4.

Common mistake

Forgetting that the hour hand drifts. At 3:50 it is nearly at 4, not still parked on 3.