Question

Express how the time shown below would look in a digital clock.

• A. 8:15 pm
• B. 3:08 am
• C. 9:17 pm
• D. 8:17 am

Answer 1

The correct option is D 8:17 am

The hour hand is between 8 and 9. Thus, it reads 8 o' clock.

The minute hand is at two divisions past the number 3 on the clock.

If the minute hand were at 3, it would have read $3\times 5=15$ minutes.

$\therefore$ 2 divisions after the number 3
$⟹$ 15 minutes + 2 minutes
= 17 minutes

$\therefore$ The clock could read 8:17 am or 8:17 pm.

Since there is no option of 8:17 pm, the correct answer is 8:17 am.