In quarter of an hour, the minute hand travels a quarter of the way around the circle. At a ‘quarter past’ the hand points to 3 and when it points to 9 it is a ‘quarter to’. Look at this clock face. When the big hand points to 12, 3, 6 or 9 we can say ‘o’clock’, a ‘quarter past’, ‘half past’ and a ‘quarter to’.

🤓 Tip: At a quarter past, the hour hand won’t point exactly at any of the hour numbers. It will have moved a little after it. 😺 Super tip: At quarter past, the minute hand always points to the 3!

When the minute hand is pointing to 4 it is minutes past the hour. When the minute hand is pointing to 5 it is minutes past the hour. 2 Complete the times shown on each clock. 4 Write the missing numbers on the number lines.

Both “quarter past” and “quarter after” are equally correct. So, when it’s 7:15, we say it’s “quarter past seven”. Or when it’s 1:15, we say it’s “quarter after one”. At minute 45, we say it’s “quarter to” the next hour.

English Language Learners Definition of quarter hour : 15 minutes : a period of time that lasts for 15 minutes.

45 minutes

A quarter is 1/4 of an hour, or 15 minutes, so…

1. Fifteen minutes. 2. The point on a clock’s face marking either 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before an hour.

When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8:15 is quarter after eight or quarter past eight and 8:45 is a quarter of or a quarter to nine.

As a non-native speaker, I consider a quarter past nine (9:15) and a quarter to nine (8:45) easy to understand.

Each part is one-fourth. We can see that one-fourth of 60 minutes is 15 minutes. The word “quarter” means one-fourth. When we say, “A quarter till 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour till 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes till 6.

What’s the time?

A	B
It’s a quarter to eleven.	10:45
It’s twelve o’clock.	12:00
It’s ten past three.	3:10
It’s twenty-five to six.	5:35

It means 15 minutes ( one quarter or one fourth of an hour ) before 2 o’clock — where two o’clock can be 0200h or 1400h.

It’s quarter to five. one fourth of an hour (15 minutes) before five o’clock.

The word “quarter” means one-fourth. When we say, “A quarter past 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour past 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes past 6. When we say, “A quarter till 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour till 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes till 6.

8 quarters

: 15 minutes after (a stated hour) The alarm went off at (a) quarter after six.

Each 1/4 of an hour is 15 minutes, or one quarter because it is 1/4 of an hour. So a “quarter to three” means you will have to advance the time 15 minutes until reaching 3 o’clock. At 2:45, you will have to advance 15 minutes (1/4 or one quarter of an hour) to reach 3 o’clock.

A quarter to three means 2:45 or a quarter to or of three. – Lambie Aug 2 ’20 at 18:38. “the following hour” says exactly that, surely? ” 15 of three” is 15 minutes from the following hour.

In English, “half nine” means 9:30 — as in half past nine: as in half of the whole 9 o’clock hour. English doesn’t have the “half to” meaning that exists in quite a number of Continental European languages (e.g. halb neun in German means 8:30).

“Half six” means “half past six” or 6:30. It does not mean “one half hour before 6:00PM”.

Half Eight = 8:30. Its half past the hour so. Half Seven = 7:30.

Time and a half definition Time and a half refers to an increased rate of pay typically reserved for hours worked overtime or those that exceed the 40-hour work week.

It means that the girl is 12 and a half years old. So if she tells you she is 12 and a half in lets say, July… her birthday is in January.

Half full.