The clock shows 12 o’clock. What is the angle between the minute and the hour hand in 5 minutes?

At 12 o’clock, the distance between the minute and hour hands is 0. After 5 minutes, the minute hand will pass 5 divisions out of 60 into which the circle of the clock is divided, which means that the angle between the hands will be 5/60 of a full revolution of the circle. The full revolution is 360 °. To calculate the angle between the arrows, we need to multiply 360 by 5/60.

360 * 5/60 = 30o.

Answer: After 5 minutes, the angle between the hour and minute hands will be 30 °.