It is 9:41.
In sixteen minutes it will be as many minutes before 3 P.M. as it was after 2 P.M. ten minutes ago. What time is it?
It is: ten to eight
In military time that is ten minutes before 8 o'clock in the evening.
40 minutes
A few minutes before ten o'clock
2:26
10 before to 15 after = 25 minutes
5 to ten minutes
Ten minutes is too long ( a time). The sentence Ten minutes are too long means that ten of the minutes are longer than the others.
Ten minutes before noon is a time. Or you could say: 10 to twelve 10 to noon 11.50 am.
Ten minutes before 1 o'clock 00:50 or 12:50
One ten (ten minutes past one in the afternoon, which is 50 minutes before two o'clock)