The big hand or longer hand points to the minutes. The small hand or shorter hand points to the hour. The constantly moving hand (ticker) moves according to the seconds.
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On a clock when the big hand is facing the 6 and the little faces the 5, it would be 5:30.
On a clock when the big hand is facing the 11 and the little hand faces the 4, the time is 3:55.
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It is time to get the hands on the clock realigned!If the little hand is at "3 minutes to 6" then that suggests a time between 5:00 and 5:30 - around 5:24. At that time, the big hand cannot be on 8.