KS1 Time | Number of Minutes in an Hour

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Maths Quiz - Year 2 Time - Number of Minutes in an Hour (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Maths and Numeracy for children aged 6 and 7 in year 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with telling the time and being able to write the time to the hour, half past the hour and quarter past/to the hour and also knowing the number of minutes in an hour.

Once children know the number of minutes there are in an hour, and can tell the time accurately to at least quarter past/to, they should be able to predict what time it will be in half an hour or quarter of an hour. For example, if they are shown a clock showing 4 o'clock and asked what time it will be in, for example, 30 minutes they should be able to imagine where the minute hand will be and know what the new time will be when that number of minutes has passed.

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What time will it be in 15 minutes?

[ ]	Quarter past 5
[ ]	Quarter to 2
[ ]	Quarter past 6
[ ]	Half past 6

The time is 5 o'clock. What time will it be in half an hour?

[ ]	Half past 5
[ ]	Half past 6
[ ]	Quarter to 5
[ ]	Quarter past 5

The time is 2 o'clock. What time will it be in quarter of an hour?

[ ]	Quarter to 3
[ ]	Quarter past 2
[ ]	Half past 2
[ ]	Half past 3

It is half past 5. What time will it be in half an hour?

[ ]	6 o'clock
[ ]	5 o'clock
[ ]	Half past 6
[ ]	Half past 4

What time will the clock show in 30 minutes?

[ ]	Quarter past 11
[ ]	Half past 12
[ ]	Half past 9
[ ]	Quarter to 8

What time will it be 3 hours from now?

[ ]	9 o'clock
[ ]	7 o'clock
[ ]	5 o'clock
[ ]	3 o'clock

It's quarter past 2. What time was it 15 minutes ago?

[ ]	Half past 1
[ ]	2 o'clock
[ ]	Quarter to 3
[ ]	Quarter past 2

The time is 4 o'clock. What time will it be in 1 hour?

[ ]	3 o'clock
[ ]	5 o'clock
[ ]	Half past 4
[ ]	Half past 5

What time will it be in 45 minutes?

[ ]	Quarter past 6
[ ]	Quarter to 7
[ ]	Quarter to 12
[ ]	Half past 6

10.

What time will it be in 5 minutes?

[ ]	9 o'clock
[ ]	1 o'clock
[ ]	11 o'clock
[ ]	12 o'clock

Maths Quiz - Year 2 Time - Number of Minutes in an Hour (Answers)

What time will it be in 15 minutes?

[x]	Quarter past 5
[ ]	Quarter to 2
[ ]	Quarter past 6
[ ]	Half past 6

In 15 minutes, the minute hand will be pointing to the 3 to show quarter past

The time is 5 o'clock. What time will it be in half an hour?

[x]	Half past 5
[ ]	Half past 6
[ ]	Quarter to 5
[ ]	Quarter past 5

30 minutes from now, the minute hand will be pointing straight down

The time is 2 o'clock. What time will it be in quarter of an hour?

[ ]	Quarter to 3
[x]	Quarter past 2
[ ]	Half past 2
[ ]	Half past 3

The minute hand will have moved 15 minutes to point at the 3

It is half past 5. What time will it be in half an hour?

[x]	6 o'clock
[ ]	5 o'clock
[ ]	Half past 6
[ ]	Half past 4

In half an hour, the minute hand will be back at the top and the hour will have changed from 5 to 6

What time will the clock show in 30 minutes?

[ ]	Quarter past 11
[ ]	Half past 12
[x]	Half past 9
[ ]	Quarter to 8

The minute hand takes 30 minutes from pointing to the 12 until it points to the 6

What time will it be 3 hours from now?

[ ]	9 o'clock
[ ]	7 o'clock
[ ]	5 o'clock
[x]	3 o'clock

In 3 hours, the hour hand will have moved on to point to the number 3

It's quarter past 2. What time was it 15 minutes ago?

[ ]	Half past 1
[x]	2 o'clock
[ ]	Quarter to 3
[ ]	Quarter past 2

If we moved the minute hand backwards 15 minutes, it would be pointing straight up to show 2 o'clock

The time is 4 o'clock. What time will it be in 1 hour?

[ ]	3 o'clock
[x]	5 o'clock
[ ]	Half past 4
[ ]	Half past 5

The minute hand will be back at the top but the hour hand will move on to the 5

What time will it be in 45 minutes?

[ ]	Quarter past 6
[x]	Quarter to 7
[ ]	Quarter to 12
[ ]	Half past 6

The minute hand will be pointing to the 9 in 45 minutes, showing us it's quarter to 7

10.

What time will it be in 5 minutes?

[ ]	9 o'clock
[ ]	1 o'clock
[ ]	11 o'clock
[x]	12 o'clock

In 5 minutes, the minute hand will be pointing to the 12, along with the hour hand