Step-by-step Maths Level 2 · Time · Summary
Step-by-step Maths Level 2 Time: summary and key words
Part of the Step-by-step Maths Level 2 time chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| O'clock | The long hand is on 12; the short hand gives the hour |
| Half past | The long hand is on 6; the time is half past the hour just passed |
| Digital | Hour : minutes. O'clock is :00, half past is :30 |
| Days and months | Days Monday to Sunday; months January to December |
| Before, after, between | Earlier, later, and in the middle of two times |
Can you…?
- I can tell the time to the hour on a clock face
- I can tell the time to half past on a clock face
- I can write times in digital form and in words
- I can say the days of the week and the months of the year in order
- I can use before, after and between with times
Key terms
- hour hand
- the short hand, which shows the hour
- minute hand
- the long hand, which shows the minutes
- digital time
- a time written with a colon, for example 4:30
- before and after
- earlier and later