Estimating Time worksheet with analog clocks and time rounding exercises.

Let’s go through each problem step by step.

We are asked to round the time to the nearest hour.

That means:
- If the minutes are 30 or more, round up to the next hour.
- If the minutes are less than 30, round down to the current hour.

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Part 1: Clocks (Problems 1–6)

We’ll look at each clock, read the time, then round it.

#### Problem 1: Already done as example → 01:00
Clock shows about 12:40? Wait — actually, looking at the hands:
Hour hand is just before 1, minute hand on 8 → that’s 40 minutes past 12 → 12:40 → rounds to 1:00 ✔

But since it’s already given, we move on.

#### Problem 2:
Green clock:
Hour hand between 5 and 6 → so it’s 5 something.
Minute hand on 2 → that’s 10 minutes → 5:10
Minutes = 10 < 30 → round down → 5:00

#### Problem 3:
Orange clock:
Hour hand near 10, minute hand on 4 → 20 minutes → 10:20
20 < 30 → round down → 10:00

Wait — let me double-check:
Actually, minute hand on 4 is 20 minutes? Yes. Hour hand is just past 10 → yes, 10:20 → rounds to 10:00.

#### Problem 4:
Brown clock:
Hour hand near 11, minute hand on 10 → 50 minutes → 11:50
50 ≥ 30 → round up → but 11:50 rounds to 12:00

#### Problem 5:
Purple clock:
Hour hand on 3, minute hand on 3 → 15 minutes → 3:15
15 < 30 → round down → 3:00

#### Problem 6:
Pink clock:
Hour hand between 9 and 10, minute hand on 7 → 35 minutes → 9:35
35 ≥ 30 → round up → 10:00

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Part 2: Digital Times (Problems 7–12)

Same rule: round to nearest hour based on minutes.

#### Problem 7: 01:52
Minutes = 52 ≥ 30 → round up → 2:00

#### Problem 8: 06:18
Minutes = 18 < 30 → round down → 6:00

#### Problem 9: 11:20
Minutes = 20 < 30 → round down → 11:00

#### Problem 10: 04:05
Minutes = 5 < 30 → round down → 4:00

#### Problem 11: 12:43
Minutes = 43 ≥ 30 → round up → 1:00 (since 12:43 rounds to 1 PM / 13:00, but in 12-hour format, we write 1:00)

Wait — important: The worksheet uses 12-hour format without AM/PM, so 12:43 rounds to 1:00

#### Problem 12: 02:39
Minutes = 39 ≥ 30 → round up → 3:00

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Now let’s list all answers clearly:

1) 01:00 (given)
2) 5:00
3) 10:00
4) 12:00
5) 3:00
6) 10:00
7) 2:00
8) 6:00
9) 11:00
10) 4:00
11) 1:00
12) 3:00

I’ll double-check a few tricky ones:

- Problem 4: 11:50 → rounds to 12:00 ✔️
- Problem 6: 9:35 → rounds to 10:00 ✔️
- Problem 11: 12:43 → rounds to 1:00 ✔️ (not 12:00, because 43 > 30)
- Problem 12: 2:39 → rounds to 3:00 ✔️

All good.

Final Answer:
2) 05:00
3) 10:00
4) 12:00
5) 03:00
6) 10:00
7) 02:00
8) 06:00
9) 11:00
10) 04:00
11) 01:00
12) 03:00