Telling the Time

A clock measures time. An analogue clock has two hands: the short hour hand and the long minute hand. The minute hand takes 60 minutes (one full hour) to go all the way round.

On an analogue clock, the numbers 1–12 are evenly spaced. Each number the minute hand passes means 5 more minutes. So when the minute hand points to 3, it is 15 minutes past the hour (3 × 5 = 15).