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The hour hand is the shortest hand of all three on a clock.
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If the little hand is on the 1 and the big hand is on the 6 what time is it?
1:30 Wrong. The "LITTLE" hand indicates the minute of the hour and the"BIG" hand indicates the hour of the day (or at least half day - AM/PM). The minute hand is the LITTLE hand because it represents the smaller unit of time when compared to an hour which is indicated by the BIG hand. Granted, the longer hand is longer than the shorter hand but it is was historically always thinner than the hour hand. Thinner = LITTLE And the hour hand was always shorter but fatter than the minute hand. Fatter = BIG The reason they were originally called "BIG" and "LITTLE" was based on the amount of time each represents. Hour is 60 times bigger than minute. Hour is BIG and minute is LITTLE. Hour hand is BIG HAND and minute hand is LITTLE HAND. End of story
How many degrees does the hour hand turn in 7 hours?
210
How long does it take for the hour hand to go around the clock?
12 hours
What length of time passes when the hour hand moves ina quarter turn?
On a normal, 12-hour clock, that takes 3 hours. On a military, 24-hour clock, it takes 6 hours.
How many hours does it take for the hour hand to travel as far as the minute hand travel in 40 minutes?
If both started at 12, in forty minutes, the minute hand would reach the 8 mark on the clock. The 8 mark symbolizes 8 hours past 12. So it would take 8 hours for the hour hand to travel as far as the minute hand travels in 40 minutes.
What is the angle created by the hour and minute hand if the time was 630?
15 degrees (a 15 degree angle). The minute hand points directly to the 6 (marking an exact half hour); the hour hand is exactly half way between the 6 and 7, marking 6.5 hours exactly. Each full hour (usually marked on clock by a number) represents 30 degrees (1/12 of 360); each half hour represents 1/2 of that or 15 degrees.
How many degrees does the hour hand move in one half of an hour?
It takes twelve hours for the hour hand to move 360 degrees In half an hour the hour hand moves 15 degrees
A rotation equals how many hours and min?
One full rotation of the hour hand is 12 hours. One full rotation of the minute hand is an hour
How many times does the hour hand and minute hand cross in 12 hour period of time?
The minute hand will cross over the hour hand once every hour. So in 12 hours, the answer is 12 times.
If the little hand is on the 1 and the big hand is on the 6 what time is it?
1:30 Wrong. The "LITTLE" hand indicates the minute of the hour and the"BIG" hand indicates the hour of the day (or at least half day - AM/PM). The minute hand is the LITTLE hand because it represents the smaller unit of time when compared to an hour which is indicated by the BIG hand. Granted, the longer hand is longer than the shorter hand but it is was historically always thinner than the hour hand. Thinner = LITTLE And the hour hand was always shorter but fatter than the minute hand. Fatter = BIG The reason they were originally called "BIG" and "LITTLE" was based on the amount of time each represents. Hour is 60 times bigger than minute. Hour is BIG and minute is LITTLE. Hour hand is BIG HAND and minute hand is LITTLE HAND. End of story
How many degrees does the hour hand of the clock turn in 12 hours?
One revolution of the hour hand in 12 hours is 360 degrees. The same number of degrees in a circle.
How long does it take for the hour and minute hands to go from 12 to 12?
It takes the minute hand one hour to do this, and it takes the hour hand twelve hours to do it.
How long does it take the hour hand to move to 6 degrees?
The hour hand moves 360 degrees in 12 hours so 6 degrees takes 0.2 hours = 12 minutes.
Why does it take the hour hand on a clock 2 minutes to move 1 degree?
In 12 hours, the hour hand makes 1 complete revolution, or 360o Therefore the hour hand takes 12 hours ÷ 360 to move 1o. 1 hour = 60 minutes ⇒ 12 hours ÷ 360 = 12 x 60 minutes ÷ 360 = 2 minutes. Thus the hour hand takes 2 minutes to move 1 degree.
Looking at a standard wall clock at the time 6 30 what is the angle in nearest degrees created by the minute hand and the hour hand?
The angle between the hour hand and the minute hand on a standard clock at 6:30 is 15 degrees. Let's review the movement of the hands of the clock specific to this problem. The hour hand moves through the 12 hours of half a day in 12 hours (naturally), and that translates into the hour hand moving 360 degrees in 12 hours. That means the hour hand moves 360/12, or 30 degrees per hour. That translates into 15 degrees in half an hour. If the hour hand is pointing straight down at 6:00 (which it is), it will move 15 degrees from where it was in half and hour. And the time will be 6:30 with the minute hand pointing straight down. The minute hand will be pointing to where the hour hand was half an hour ago. And, as stated, the hour hand will have moved from dead on the six and gone 15 degrees further around.
How many time hour hand and minutes hand cross each other in 12 hours?
In 12 hours, the min hand will just about cross 12 times.
How many degrees does the hour hand turn in 7 hours?
210
