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    How many minutes does it take the hour hand to complete a rotation?
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    It moves from one number to the next in 60 minutes, then multiply that by 12 numbers, and you get 720. So, it takes 720 minutes for a complete rotation, which is 12 hours.
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    How do you tell the minutes?
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    There are 60 minutes in an hour. There are 5 tick marks in between each number on the clock. Each one is one minute. If the long minute hand is pointed at the 3, that means it is 15 minutes past the hour. At the 4, it is 20 past the hour and so on. I am sure there are plenty of online videos and worksheets to help you.
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    If it's 10 minutes till 12 o'clock, how would that look on a clock?
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    The short hand, or hour hand, would be between the 11 and the 12, while the long hand, or minute hand, would be exactly on the 10.
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    How do I represent 5 past 12 on a clock?
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    The minute hand should point at the number 1 on the clock, and the hour hand should point at 12.
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    How do I tell time on an analog clock?
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    The illustrations in this wikiHow article are based on an analog clock.
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    How do I tell time without a clock?
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    Learn how to tell time by where the sun is positioned.
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    How do I distinguish nighttime from day without looking outside for light or dark?
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    On a normal analog clock, you can't. This is because people are expected to be able to tell whether it is near the beginning or the end of the day. Most people wake up after 6:00 and go to bed before 11:00, so could gauge whether it's AM or PM by the way they feel.
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    What time is 12:30 on a clock?
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    The hour hand would be in the middle of 12 and 1. The minute hand will be at the bottom (6).
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    How much time went by between 12:25 and 1:15?
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    50 minutes went by.
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    How do I tell time?
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    You can refer to the methods that are listed in the article above.
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    What is the difference between "quarter after" and "quarter of"?
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    They are the same thing. A "quarter after" and "quarter of" both refer to 15 minutes after the hour.
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    What's the time if I add 45 minutes to 3:45?
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    You would count ahead by tens four times (3:55, 4:05, 4:15, 4:25) and then add the five minutes (4:25 + 5 = 4:30).
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    How do I tell time using a digital device?
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    The number before the colon indicates the hour; the number to the right of the colon indicates the minutes.
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    How do I tell time on a Roman numerous clock?
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    I=1 V=5 X=10. Whenever a smaller number comes before a bigger Roman number, you take the bigger number and subtract it by the smaller number (e.g. IV = 4).
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    How to tell time not in a digital way?
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    There are (usually) twelve marks on an analogue clock. There are three hands: the seconds hand (the longest), the minute hand (nearly as long as the seconds hand) and the hour hand (the shortest). Each interval represents 1 minute (I am counting the ones in between numbers) and there are 60 intervals in an analogue clock. Each time the hour hand moves across 5 intervals (1 number), it means an hour has passed.
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    What is railway time?
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    Railway time is denoting time in a 24 hour clock so as to be precise and avoid confusion. A 24 hour clock is one which goes on after 12 to 13 for afternoon and 0000 hours for minutes.
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    How do I know if it's AM or PM? Is there another hand for that?
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    You can't tell if it's AM or PM based on a clock or watch with hands, but if you go (or look) outside, you can tell. Depending on where you live, it's bright outside from roughly 6 AM to roughly 6 PM, and it's dark from roughly 6 PM to roughly 6 AM. (Those times vary with the time of year and the distance you are from the Earth's equator.)
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    If 12 is at the top, is it something o'clock?
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    Yes. When the minute hand is on the 12, it is something o'clock (6:00, 5:00, 2:00, etc) depending on what number the hour hand is pointing to.
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    What if the long skinny hand is on the 12 and the short thick hand is on the 1
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    That means it's one o'clock, either AM or PM.
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    If it's 11:10 and my appointment is 1:20, how much time do I have before my appointment?
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    2 hours and 10 minutes. 11:10 to 12:10 is one hour, 12:10 to 1:10 is another hour, from 1:10 to 1:20 is 10 minutes.
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    How do I find the minutes?
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    The minute hand is the longer hand (there are 2 hands on a clock, sometimes 3, which is called a second hand). If the minute hand points at 3, that is 15 minutes. When the minute hand reaches a number, 5 minutes have passed. 0 12 = 00, 1 = 05, 2 = 10, etc. But if it lands on one of those small lines, you have to do some counting to find out the time.
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