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A digital clock puts the hour before the colon and minutes after it.
hours : minutes
4:00
7:25
9:45
9:45
8:05
Concrete · digital display
Press Start to read a real digital display.
The display still reads 9:45.
Pictorial · split the display
The colon separates two jobs.
4hour
:
00minutes
7hour
:
25minutes after
8hour
:
05minutes
Abstract · write and say the time
Write the hour, colon, then two minute digits.
4:00
four o'clock
7:25
25 minutes after 7
Extension · minutes to
60 − 45 = 15
15 minutes remain
Extension · minutes to
9:45
15 minutes to 10
8:05
Keep the zero: five minutes after 8
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Digital Clock Reader!
Read the hour first, then the two minute digits. “Minutes to” is an extra way to describe late-in-the-hour times.