Mission: Time Traveler's Clock
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TIME TRAVELER'S CLOCK

Measurement Games Math Game

Learn to configure analog clocks, calculate elapsed time, and travel through time with an interactive clock face!

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How to Play

  1. 1
    Select a mode: Setting Time or Time Travel (Elapsed Time).
  2. 2
    If Setting Time: Drag the minute or hour hand to match the target time. Let go to check your answer!
  3. 3
    If Time Travel: Look at the current time, read the instructions (e.g. "Move forward 45 minutes"), and adjust the clock hands to the correct future or past time.
  4. 4
    Use the Digital Hint button if you get stuck.

Rules

  • The short, thick hand is the hour hand. It points to the large numbers (1 through 12).
  • The long, thin hand is the minute hand. It points to the small tick marks (0 to 59).
  • There are 60 minutes in an hour. When the minute hand crosses 12, the hour changes.

Top Tips!

When dragging the minute hand, remember that each big number represents 5 minutes (1 is 5, 2 is 10, 3 is 15, and so on). Count by 5s to find your target minute faster! For elapsed time, sometimes it is easier to add the hours first, then the minutes.

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Worked Examples
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Calculating Elapsed Time

It is 2:15. What time will it be in 45 minutes?

  1. 1Start at 2:15.
  2. 2Add the minutes: 15 + 45 = 60 minutes.
  3. 360 minutes makes exactly 1 hour.
  4. 4Add 1 hour to the original hour (2 + 1 = 3).

It will be 3:00.

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