Question

Explain when you would stop counting by 5 s and start counting by 1s when telling time to the nearest minute

Answer 1

Given:

When we should stop counting by 5 s and start counting by 1s when telling time to the nearest minute.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a clock, there are 12 numbers and 60 divisions on the face of a clock. So, we have,

1 hour = 60 minutes

The number of minutes between two consecutive numbers is 5 minutes (or divisions).

Example:

So, if the clock shows, the hour hand is in 2 and the minute hand is in 4.

Then, it means

`2:20\text{ \lbrack Since, 4 represents 4}*5divisions=20\text{ divisions \lparen or\rparen minutes\rbrack}`

Another example is,

So, if the clock shows, the hour hand is in 4 and the minute hand is in 8th division.

Then, it means

`4:08\left\lbrack Since\text{ \lparen1}*5=5\right)+3\text{ minutes\rbrack}`

We should stop counting by 5s at 1 then we start counting by 1s to reach the shown division (i.e. 3rd division after 5 divisions).