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00:00Clocks are amazing, wonderful inventions. Humans have used clocks for a really long time.
00:08In the ancient world, a common type of clock was the sundial.
00:12That's right, the sundial. Sundials are very accurate but are not used often today.
00:19Have you ever asked what time it is and someone checks their sundial?
00:24Yeah, that isn't real common.
00:28Today, most clocks are digital clocks. Digital clocks are really simple to use.
00:33They simply show the digits for the hour and minutes.
00:37So, here we have a digital clock. Here on the left, we see the hour. It is 7.
00:43On the right, we see the minutes. 10. So, what time is it according to this clock?
00:49Yeah, it is 7.10. 10 minutes past 7 o'clock. What about this clock?
00:58Here is another digital clock. What time is it according to this clock?
01:04Yes, it is 10 o'clock. On the left, we see the hour, which is 10. And on the right, we see the minutes, which are just zeros. So, it is exactly 10 o'clock.
01:17Now, digital clocks are not the only way we can see what time it is. Have you ever seen a clock like this before?
01:25Yeah. This is called an analog clock. It is a different way to display time. In this video, we are going to learn how to read analog clocks, which will be super awesome because there are analog clocks all around us that want to be read. They want to show us the time.
01:47So, to start, we are going to learn some fun things about the analog clock. The front is called the face of the clock, or the dial. Just like you have a face, an analog clock has a face. That's right. The face includes the numbers, the parts that spin, and all the markings on the clock.
02:08The face, sometimes called the dial, has two main parts that point to the numbers and spin around. They are called hands. Isn't that interesting?
02:19The shorter hand is the hour hand. It shows us what hour it is. The hour hand is short. The longer hand is the minute hand. It points to the minutes.
02:30It's silly. Even though an hour is longer than a minute, the hour hand is shorter. The hour hand is the short hand, and the minute hand is the long hand.
02:41So, just like you, analog clocks have a face, and usually have two hands. The short hand points to the hour. The long hand points to the minutes.
02:54Let's go back to our analog clock and see if we can figure out what time it is showing. Just like we do with the digital clock. Let's look at the hour hand, the short hand first. What number is it pointing at?
03:09Yes, at the number three. Great. So it is the third hour. It is three something. Now we just have to read the minutes. The minute hand is the long hand. But how do we read the minutes? It only goes up to twelve, and those big numbers are what we use for the hours. What do we do?
03:31Mr. Whiskers, we're recording. What? You know how to read the minutes on an analog clock? I didn't even know you knew how to tell time! You're a cat!
03:41You have a trick? Well, we should hear the trick. It's important for us to learn how to do this. Okay. An analog trick with Mr. Whiskers. Okay, this is a little crazy, but that's okay.
03:53Alright, so what's the trick? Oh. Okay, so we need to count by fives to find out the minutes. That's a wonderful trick! That's amazing!
04:03You see, all of those little lines in between the numbers on the face of the clock represent one minute.
04:10To find out the minutes, we just have to count by fives around the clock, starting at the twelve. The twelve is like the starting line.
04:19When the minute hand is at the twelve, that means zero minutes. Then the one is five, two is ten, then 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, and then back to zero.
04:38All we have to do is count by fives.
04:42Okay, so we're ready to figure out what time this is. Okay, so we already know what the hour is. The hour is three. Yes.
04:53Okay, so we write three. Now we have to figure out the minutes, and the minute hand is pointing at the twelve, which means what? How many minutes?
05:02Zero. Yeah, and with minutes we always write two digits, so we'll write two zeros. What is this time?
05:11Yeah, three o'clock. Great job! Okay, let's try this one. What time does this clock say?
05:23Where's the hour hand? Yeah, on the five. And where's the minute hand? Yep, at the twelve. So you know there are zeros at the end of that. What time is it?
05:36Yes, it's five o'clock. Great job! All right, let's try this one. Okay, both hands are pointing at which number? Yeah, twelve. What time is this?
05:52Yes, twelve o'clock. Great job! Notice if the minute hand is pointing at the twelve, you always say o'clock. So this is twelve o'clock. Just like before we had three o'clock. And five o'clock. This is twelve o'clock.
06:11Terrific! Now we are going to change things up. Just remember our trick, count by fives, okay? Let's figure out what time this clock is showing us. First, let's look at the hour hand.
06:23Wait, it isn't directly pointing at a number. It is between the two and the three. No worries. When the hour hand is between two numbers, the hour is the earlier number. So the hour is two. Where is the minute hand pointing?
06:41That's right. That's right. At the number six, we are going to use Mr. Whisker's trick and count by fives. We start at the twelve, which is zero. Then we count five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty. So how many minutes is this showing?
07:00Thirty. Thirty. That's right. So what time is the clock showing? Two-thirty. You got it.
07:13This one looks like fun. What time is it according to this clock? First, let's look at the hour hand. The hour hand is between numbers again. It is between which numbers?
07:25Yes. Eight and nine. Remember, when the hour hand is between two numbers. The hour is the earlier number. So the hour is eight. Where is the minute hand pointing?
07:40That's right. At the number three. We are going to use Mr. Whisker's trick and count by fives. We start at the twelve, which is zero. Then we count five, ten, fifteen. So how many minutes is this showing?
08:01Fifteen. Yeah. So what time is the clock showing?
08:06Eight-fifteen. You got it.
08:09Eight-fifteen.
08:12How about this one? What time is it according to this clock?
08:17First, let's look at the hour hand. The hour hand is between numbers again. It is between which numbers?
08:26Yes. Eleven and twelve. Remember, when the hour hand is between two numbers. The hour is the earlier number. So the hour is what?
08:36Eleven. Eleven. You are right. Okay. So where is the minute hand pointing?
08:45Yep. At the number nine. We are going to use Mr. Whisker's trick and count by fives.
08:52We start with twelve. We start with twelve, which is zero. Then we count five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five.
09:03So how many minutes is this showing? Forty-five. You got it. So what time is this clock showing?
09:14Eleven-forty-five. Yes. Great job.
09:18We looked at examples of when the hour hand isn't pointing directly at a number on the face of a clock. You know, sometimes the minute hand isn't pointing directly at a number.
09:31Look at this example. The hour hand is between which two numbers?
09:40Yes. Seven and eight. Which number is the hour?
09:46Yep. Seven. The hour is always the earlier number on the clock when it is between two numbers.
09:53Now, the minute hand is near the eight, but notice it went past the eight by two.
10:00To figure out the minutes, we will count by fives just like before and then add two at the end.
10:07The twelve is zero, five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty.
10:14Then you just add forty plus two. You got to add two.
10:19What is forty plus two?
10:23Yeah. Forty-two. So the time is seven forty-two. Wonderful job. That's great.
10:34Let's look at one last analog clock. Just looking at this clock, what is the hour?
10:42Yes. Twelve. Because twelve is the earlier hour on the clock. How about the minutes?
10:48Use the count by fives trick. And notice the minute hand is one minute after the four.
10:57You'll need to add one minute.
10:59All right. Twenty-one. So the time is twelve-twenty-one. Let's check the minutes to be sure.
11:10Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Then add one, which is twenty-one. You have done a great job.
11:18Before we conclude this video, we want to share two more things. What's with the swans? We are sharing
11:26two things about analog clocks. We aren't sharing two swans. Okay. So first, analog clocks sometimes use Roman
11:35numerals instead of regular numbers. Fancy clocks and clock towers usually use Roman numerals. If you need help with
11:43Roman numerals, we do have a video about that. The second thing is that you may see a thin hand,
11:50sometimes a different color than the hour and minute hands, that shows the seconds. It isn't always there,
11:56and it doesn't help you tell the time. It just shows how fast time is moving. The second hand moves really
12:04fast. To tell time, we use the two main hands, the hour hand and the minute hand.
12:13We learned that the front of an analog clock is called the face, or the dial. The pointers on the
12:19face of the clock are called hands. The short hand shows us the hour. If the hour hand is between two
12:26numbers, the hour is the earlier hour on the clock. The long hand shows us the minutes. To find the minutes,
12:36we count by fives along the face of the clock until we reach where the minute hand is pointing. Sometimes,
12:43we need to add a few minutes because the minute hand isn't always pointing directly at a number.
12:50It can take a lot of practice, but we hope this video helped you learn how to read analog clocks. Now you can
12:58read the time, no matter what type of clock it is. Unless if it is a sundial. I mean, really? Really?
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