2nd Grade Telling Time to Five Minutes Worksheet (PDF)

2nd Grade math worksheet: Telling Time to Five Minutes – Maths PDF


This time practice worksheet for 2nd Grade covers telling time to five minutes (Common Core 2.MD.C.7), with a free PDF to print.

Time practice worksheet (2nd Grade) – first page of the printable PDF

These 20 problems practice telling time to the nearest five minutes for Grade 2, standard 2.MD.C.7. Students read analog and digital clocks, count the minutes by fives, and use a.m. and p.m.

Early problems show one clock at a time. Later problems compare times, put them in order, and use short word problems about a school day.

Grade 2 · Common Core State Standards: 2.MD.C.7

Time practice worksheet: exercises 1 to 10

Exercise 1 – On the hour

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A clock.

Write the time shown on the clock.

Exercise 2 – Half past

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A clock.

Write the time shown on the clock.

Exercise 3 – Hands in words

The hour hand is between the 8 and the 9. The minute hand points to the 6. Write the time.

Exercise 4 – Quarter past

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A clock.

Write the time shown on the clock.

Exercise 5 – Quarter to

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A clock.

Write the time shown on the clock.

Exercise 6 – Twenty minutes

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A clock.

Write the time shown on the clock.

Exercise 7 – Count the minutes

Jamal says that a minute hand on the 7 means 7 minutes after the hour. Write the correct number of minutes.

Exercise 8 – Almost the hour

The minute hand of the library clock rests on the number just before the 12. Find the minutes after the hour.

Exercise 9 – Words to digits

Write the time that is a quarter past 9.

Exercise 10 – Morning or night

Liam eats breakfast at 7:30 before school. Write the time with a.m. or p.m.

Exercises 11 and up

Exercise 11 – After school

Sofia walks home from school at 3:20 in the afternoon. Write the time with a.m. or p.m.

Exercise 12 – Digital to hands

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A digital clock.

Where does the minute hand point? Between which two numbers is the hour hand?

Exercise 13 – Minutes after eleven

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A digital clock.

Which number does the minute hand point to? How many minutes after 11 o’clock is it?

Exercise 14 – Which is later

Maya’s bus comes at 4:35. Jamal’s bus comes at 4:50. Whose bus comes later?

Exercise 15 – Write the time

The hour hand is just past the 1. The minute hand points to the 6. Write the time.

Exercise 16 – Two clocks

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Leo’s clock is on the left. Aisha’s clock is on the right.

Write the time on each clock. Then tell whose clock shows the later time.

Exercise 17 – Put in order

Write these times in order from earliest to latest: 3:25, 3:05, 3:50.

Exercise 18 – Lunch time

Noah’s class eats lunch at 11:55 a.m. Which number does the minute hand point to? Between which two numbers is the hour hand?

Exercise 19 – Wake up time

Mei wakes up for school when the clock shows 6:35 and the sun is coming up. Write the time with a.m. or p.m.

Exercise 20 – Piano lesson

Ethan’s piano lesson starts at a quarter to 5 in the afternoon. Write the time with a.m. or p.m. Then tell whether the minute hand points to 3, 6, or 9.

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Key facts behind this time practice worksheet

Key facts
  • The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes.
  • Each number on the clock face is worth 5 minutes, so count by fives.
  • Quarter past is 15 minutes, half past is 30 minutes, and quarter to is 45 minutes.
  • Minutes are always written with two digits, such as 7:05.
  • A.m. means midnight to noon, and p.m. means noon to midnight.

How to use this time practice worksheet

Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.

Download the time practice worksheet as a PDF with the button below and keep it with your notes.

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