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If you need to tell time on an analog clock, remember that the short and thick hand tells the hour, but the long and slightly thinner hand tells the minute. That makes the hour hand easy to read because if it points at the 2, it is 2 o’clock; or if it points at the 3, it’s 3 o’clock. However, when the minute hand points at a number, you have to multiply it by 5 to get the minutes. For example, the minute hand points at the 6 when it’s 5:30 because 6 times 5 = 30. To learn how to tell the time when the hour hand is pointing between 2 numbers, read on!