This is a clock face. There are numbers from 1 to 12. Hour hand Minute hand
The short hand is the hour hand.
The long hand is the minute hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOcqZ86USNk The minute hand Half an moves over half of the clock face. hour 30 minutes The minute hand Quarter moves over one of an over four of the clock face. hour 15 minutes The minute hand Three moves over three quarters over four of the of an hour clock face. 45 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbw99P1dWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jn2-Jv7DoE When the minute hand is pointed to the 12 we say o ‘clock. We say quarter past because a quarter of the hour has passed. We say half past because half of the hour has passed. After half past, then we count how many minutes more there are before the next hour, so we say quarter to . 15 minutes called quarter past 30 minutes called half past 45 minutes called quarter to