Digital clock
Two numbers and a colon. The hour first, then the minutes.
Drag the blue hand round the clock!
How to read it
A digital clock has two parts, with a colon in the middle.
hour
3
the short red hand
minutes
25
the long blue hand
3:25 is 3 hours and 25 minutes — twenty-five past three.
Build a digital time
Press the arrows to change the hour and the minutes. Watch the clock change!
Challenge 1 of 5
Move the clock hands above to show…
Same time, two clocks
Each analogue clock and digital time show the same moment.
3:00
three o’clock
5:30
half past five
8:15
quarter past eight
10:45
quarter to eleven
Don’t forget the zero!
Minutes always have two digits. If the minutes are less than 10, put a 0 first.
3:05
five past 3
7:08
eight minutes past 7
10:00
10 o’clock
12:09
nine minutes past 12
Help for everyone
How to read a digital clock — 3 easy steps
- Look left of the colon. That number is the hour.
- Look right of the colon. That number is the minutes.
- Say them together: “three twenty-five”, or “twenty-five past three”.
Fox trick: the colon is a fence. Hours live on one side, minutes live on the other.
Writing the time
Write the hour, a colon, then two digits for the minutes. Five past nine is 9:05.
Try it!
Look at a digital clock at home. Say the hour, then the minutes. Then find the same time on an analogue clock.
Digital clock quiz
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Ready for minutes past and to?
Count in fives to read any five-minute time on the clock.