Question

On a clock, if the big hand is on 12 and the little hand is on 3 what time would it be?

A) 12 o'clock.
B) 3 o' clock.
C) 5 o' clock.
D) 9 o'clock?

Answer 1

The time shown when the minute hand is on 12 and the hour hand is on 3 is 3 o'clock. The big hand on 12 indicates the start of an hour, and the little hand on 3 designates it's the third hour of the clock face, thus, 3 o'clock.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the big hand (minute hand) is on 12 and the little hand (hour hand) is on 3, the time displayed on the clock is 3 o'clock. This is because the position of the hour hand indicates the current hour. The minute hand being on 12 means that it is the beginning of the hour, with no minutes past.

Practice Problems:

1. The angle between the hour hand and the minute hand at 9:00 a.m. is 90 degrees.