3rd Grade
Math
About 10 minutes

Draw the Hands

Draw the hands. The long hand points to the exact minute mark.

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How to do it

Count to the minute mark and draw the long hand.
Draw the short hand between the hour and the next number.
Check that the short hand is closer to the next number when the minutes are big.

Teaching tip

Use a pencil with a sharp point so the long hand lands on one exact mark. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 3.MD.A.1.

Draw the Hands worksheet for 3rd grade (time to the minute and elapsed time), free printable — Printable preview

About this worksheet

Draw the hour and minute hands to show times like 9:52 and 2:18.

What kids practice

Third graders tell time to the exact minute, like 4:37, and work out elapsed time, which is how much time passes from a start time to an end time. They count by 5s to the last number the long hand passed, then count on by 1s. For elapsed time they jump along a number line, often to the next hour first, and add the jumps.

Watch for

Reading the hour from the number the short hand is closest to, even when it has not reached it yet.
Counting by 5s past the long hand instead of switching to 1s.
Treating 60 minutes like 100, so 2:50 plus 20 minutes becomes 2:70.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full time to the minute and elapsed time guide for 3rd grade.