English Language Learners Definition of quarter hour : 15 minutes : a period of time that lasts for 15 minutes.
Q. Which clock shows quarter past?
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’.
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- Q. Which clock shows quarter past?
- Q. Where is the minute hand when the time is quarter past an hour?
- Q. When the minute hand is pointing to 4 it is?
- Q. How do you tell time quarter past quarter?
- Q. What is 3 quarter of an hour?
- Q. What is a quarter of an hour in fraction?
- Q. Is a quarter of an hour 25 minutes?
- Q. What is a quarter to 8?
- Q. What is a quarter to 9 am?
- Q. What does a quarter till mean?
- Q. What time is quarter to 11am?
- Q. What does a quarter to 2 mean?
- Q. What does a quarter to five mean?
- Q. What does a quarter after 6 mean?
- Q. How many quarters of an hour are between 7 o’clock and 9 o clock?
- Q. What is a quarter after 6?
- Q. What’s a quarter till 3?
- Q. What is a quarter to 3?
- Q. What does half 9 mean?
- Q. What does half six mean in time?
- Q. What does half 8 mean?
- Q. What does half mean in time?
- Q. What does 12 and a half mean?
- Q. What is half of 8 but not 4?
Q. Where is the minute hand when the time is quarter past an hour?
🤓 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!
Q. When the minute hand is pointing to 4 it is?
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.
Q. How do you tell time quarter past quarter?
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.
Q. What is 3 quarter of an hour?
45 minutes
Q. What is a quarter of an hour in fraction?
A quarter is 1/4 of an hour, or 15 minutes, so…
Q. Is a quarter of an hour 25 minutes?
1. Fifteen minutes. 2. The point on a clock’s face marking either 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before an hour.
Q. What is a quarter to 8?
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.
Q. What is a quarter to 9 am?
As a non-native speaker, I consider a quarter past nine (9:15) and a quarter to nine (8:45) easy to understand.
Q. What does a quarter till mean?
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.
Q. What time is quarter to 11am?
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 |
Q. What does a quarter to 2 mean?
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.
Q. What does a quarter to five mean?
It’s quarter to five. one fourth of an hour (15 minutes) before five o’clock.
Q. What does a quarter after 6 mean?
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.
Q. How many quarters of an hour are between 7 o’clock and 9 o clock?
8 quarters
Q. What is a quarter after 6?
: 15 minutes after (a stated hour) The alarm went off at (a) quarter after six.
Q. What’s a quarter till 3?
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.
Q. What is a quarter to 3?
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.
Q. What does half 9 mean?
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).
Q. What does half six mean in time?
“Half six” means “half past six” or 6:30. It does not mean “one half hour before 6:00PM”.
Q. What does half 8 mean?
Half Eight = 8:30. Its half past the hour so. Half Seven = 7:30.
Q. What does half mean in time?
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.
Q. What does 12 and a half mean?
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.
Q. What is half of 8 but not 4?
Half full.