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Telling the Time to 5 Minutes Worksheet: Free Year 2 Maths with Answers

This free, printable worksheet helps children tell the time to five minutes. They read the time on six clocks, then draw the hands on three blank clocks. Most of the times are new ones, like 10 past and 25 to, rather than quarter past or half past.

It prints on one A4 page, and the answers print on a second page for grown-ups.

Years 2–3 · ages 6–8KS1Free to printFree to shareSheet 66

What your child is learning

‘tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times’

Year 2 Maths: Measurement, National Curriculum in England. Source and licence

Telling the Time to 5 Minutes

Free Maths worksheet · Ages 6 to 7

Name:

A cartoon dog holding up a big round wall clock with a blank face, drawn as black outlines on white for colouring in.

What time is it?

Write the time under each clock.

Draw the hands

Draw the hour hand and the minute hand to show each time.

25 past 7
20 past 4
quarter past 12

Answers: Telling the Time to 5 Minutes

Sheet 66

Clock 1: 20 to 7
Clock 2: 5 past 3
Clock 3: 10 past 2
Clock 4: 10 to 11
Clock 5: 25 to 12
Clock 6: 5 to 6

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Answer key

Clock 1: 20 to 7
Clock 2: 5 past 3
Clock 3: 10 past 2
Clock 4: 10 to 11
Clock 5: 25 to 12
Clock 6: 5 to 6

Counting round in fives

Each number on the clock face is 5 minutes for the minute hand. When it points to the 1, it is 5 past; at the 2, 10 past; at the 4, 20 past. After the 6, we count the minutes left until the next hour instead: at the 8 it is 20 to, and at the 11 it is 5 to.

How to help at home

Point at the minute hand on a real clock and count round in fives together. Ask your child to tell you the time at moments in the day, such as when dinner goes in the oven or when you leave for the park. If you have a digital clock too, compare them: 4:20 is 20 past 4, and 4:40 is 20 to 5.

What comes next

In Year 3, children read the time to the nearest minute, use clock faces with Roman numerals, and start to use 12-hour and 24-hour clocks. Counting round in fives is what lets them find a time like 23 minutes past: 20 past, then 3 more.

Frequently asked questions

When do children learn to tell the time to five minutes?

In Year 2, when children are 6 to 7. They learn o'clock and half past in Year 1, then quarter past, quarter to and five-minute times in Year 2.

Where should the hour hand point at 25 to 7?

Between the 6 and the 7, closer to the 7. The hour hand moves slowly all hour, so at 25 to 7 it has gone more than halfway. For 'to' times, the hour you say is the one the hand is moving towards.

Is this worksheet really free?

Yes. Print it, save it as a PDF or share it with other parents and teachers. There is no sign-up and no email needed.

Curriculum links

Year 2 Maths: Measurement (statutory): 'tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times'
Year 2 Maths: Measurement (statutory): 'know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day'

Quoted word for word from Department for Education documents: the National Curriculum in England, the EYFS framework or the RSHE guidance. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Made by The Owee education team. Updated 13/10/2026. Free to print and share.