The minute hand is the long black hand on a clock that shows how many minutes past the hour it is.

The minute hand goes around the clock once every hour.

For example, the minute hand in the clock is pointing to the first mark after the \(11\). This tells us that it is \(56\) minutes past the hour, or \(4\) minutes to the next hour.

The shorter, fatter hand on the clock is the hour hand. It is almost pointing to \(4\) o'clock, so we know the time is \(4\) minutes to \(4\) o'clock. The hour hand takes 12 hours to go around the clock once.

The thin red hand is the second hand. Not all clocks have this. The second hand once around the clock every minute.