CBSE Class 5 Maths Activity 5A

To make the face of a clock by paper folding.

Learning objective : To develop the skill of dividing a circle into 12 equal parts.

Pre-requisite : Knowledge of the face of a clock.

Materials required : A circular cutout, a ruler and coloured pen, two needles of unequal size.

Procedure : 

Step 1. Take a circular cutout and fold it in two equal halves.[Fig. 5a(1)]

Step 2. Fold yet again to divide the shape obtained in step 1 in two equal halves.[Fig. 5a(2)]

Step 3.Make 2 folds in the shape obtained in step 2 such that it get divided into 3 equal halves. [Fig. 5a(3)]

Step 4. Unfold and draw lines on creases. Mark numbers 1 to 12 as on face of clock. [Fig. 5a(4)]

Step 5. Fix two needle as shown in Fig 5a (5).

  (i) What is the time shown in Fig. 5a (5)? ...........

Observation :

1. Mark the position of hours needle at 3 and minutes needle at 1 and read the time ................

2. Mark the position of hours needle at 5 and minutes needle at 9 and read the time ..............

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