Help your students master reading and recording time with our Time Detective Quarter Past & Quarter To Worksheets. These engaging worksheets are designed to strengthen understanding of quarter-hour intervals, giving learners the opportunity to practise recognising digital times and representing them accurately on analog clocks. With a clear focus on quarter past and quarter to times, this resource provides a solid stepping stone between half-hour times and more complex time intervals.

Each worksheet displays a digital time at the top of a box and a blank analog clock beneath it. Students are tasked with drawing the hour and minute hands to match, reinforcing the relationship between the two clock formats. By concentrating on key quarter-hour points, students develop fluency with this essential skill and gain confidence in applying their knowledge to real-life contexts.

Perfect for whole-class lessons, maths rotations, or individual practice, these worksheets encourage accuracy, reasoning, and hands-on exploration of time concepts. Additional tips and extension activities provide opportunities for differentiation and deeper learning, making them suitable for a wide range of abilities.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Recognise quarter past and quarter to times on digital clocks
• ✅ Represent quarter past and quarter to times on analog clocks
• ✅ Distinguish the roles of the hour and minute hands
• ✅ Strengthen connections between digital and analog representations
• ✅ Develop fluency in reading and communicating time

What’s Included:

• Printable worksheets featuring quarter past and quarter to times
• Blank analog clocks for students to complete
• Answer sheet for teacher guidance or peer review
• Extension suggestions for broadening application

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets for each student
• Pencils for drawing clock hands
• Colour-coded pencils (e.g. red for minute hand, blue for hour hand) for clarity
• Optional mini clock manipulatives for modelling times

How to Use:

1. Hand out worksheets to students.
2. Have students read the digital time shown at the top of each box.
3. Ask them to draw the matching hour and minute hands on the blank analog clock.
4. Encourage students to read the time aloud once they’ve drawn it.
5. Review answers as a class using the provided answer sheet for discussion and peer correction.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Introduce during a maths lesson on telling time to the quarter hour
• 💡 Use in small groups with mini clocks for hands-on modelling before recording
• 💡 Add to maths centre rotations as an independent task
• 💡 Reinforce with oral practice by having students say each time out loud
• 💡 Use as homework for extra practice with families

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Encourage colour coding of clock hands to reduce confusion
• 💛 Remind students that quarter past means the minute hand points to the 3, and quarter to means it points to the 9
• 💛 Revisit o’clock and half-past times before introducing this resource for smoother progression

The Time Detective Quarter Past & Quarter To Worksheets give students essential practice with quarter-hour times, helping them build fluency and confidence as they move towards mastering all aspects of time-telling.