How many degrees does the hour hand of a clock turn in 5 minutes?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-22T18:56:18

$360/144 = 2.5^@$

Each hour is $1/12$ of a complete circle for the hour hand (on a standard $12$ hour clock).

$5$ minutes is $1/12$ of an hour.

So in $5$ minutes, the hour hand moves $1/12*1/12 = 1/144$ of a complete circle.

A complete circle is $360^@$ , so this is $360/144 = 2.5^@$

Answer 2 · 2017-07-20T07:39:54

$2.5°$ in $5$ minutes

What fraction does $5$ minutes represent of a full revolution of the hour hand?

The hour hand rotates $360°$ in $12$ hours.

This is $12xx60 = 720$ minutes

Therefore $5$ minutes is

$5/720 xx 360° = 2.5°$

The same result is obtained if we determine through how many degrees the hour hand turns in $1$ hour:

$360 div 12 = 30°$ in one hour

$5$ minutes is $1/12$ of an hour.

$1/12 xx 30° = 2.5°$