🕐 Clock Basics
7 fun facts about Clock Basics. Tap a fact to read more.
A clock has a short hand for hours and a long hand for minutes.
There are 60 minutes in one hour.
A clock face has the numbers 1 to 12 in a circle.
When the long hand points straight up to 12, it is o'clock.
Clock hands turn in a special direction called clockwise.
A whole day is 24 hours, so the hour hand goes around twice.
The oldest clocks had no hands — they used shadows from the sun.