Half Past

Read times to the half hour

What You'll Learn

  • Read half past (30 minutes)

📖Half Past

When the long minute hand points to 6, it is half past the hour — 30 minutes. The short hour hand sits halfway between two numbers; the hour is the smaller number it has just passed. Minute hand on 6 with the hour hand between 3 and 4 is 3:30.