Reading 7:23 on a clock
What time does this clock show? Let's read it together — to the exact minute.
First, look at the short hand. It's the hour hand, and it sits between the seven and the eight.
Since it hasn't reached the eight yet, the hour is seven.
We'll write a seven for the hour, then a colon — minutes come next.
Now the long hand — the minute hand. It tells us how many minutes past seven.
Count by fives around the clock: five, ten, fifteen, twenty.
Then count single minutes past the four: twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three.
That's twenty-three minutes past seven. Write twenty-three after the colon.
The clock shows seven twenty-three. Great job reading time to the minute!
Now you try. Read this clock to the exact minute. What time is on it?