10:15
a quarter past ten is 'dix heures et quart' in French.
945 . would be written as ' 9;45 ' It means forty five minutes PAST the hour of 9 o'clock. Since the hour is divided into 'quarters' of 15 minutes each, it would leave 15 minutes (one quarter) to reach 10 o'clock. So would be expressed as 'Quarter to Ten'. Similarly. 915 = 9:15 *
Ten past ten on a clock face has the hands balanced symmetrically on either side of the 12. Other times would also do this: quarter-past nine, for example, or twenty past eight. But ten ten looks best for display.
A quarter of ten, as it relates to time, is 9:45 A quarter of ten, as it relates to algebra, is 2.5
Quarter to ten on an analog clock refers to 9:45. At this time, the minute hand points at the 9, indicating 45 minutes past the hour, while the hour hand is positioned slightly before the 10.
It is nothing. But a quarter past ten is a quarter hour after ten: that is 10:15 in the morning or evening.
a quarter past ten is 'dix heures et quart' in French.
Twenty minutes.
945 . would be written as ' 9;45 ' It means forty five minutes PAST the hour of 9 o'clock. Since the hour is divided into 'quarters' of 15 minutes each, it would leave 15 minutes (one quarter) to reach 10 o'clock. So would be expressed as 'Quarter to Ten'. Similarly. 915 = 9:15 *
quarter past ten means 15 minutes after 10o'clock
As there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, 9.75 must be 10.15 (quarter past ten).
Ten past ten on a clock face has the hands balanced symmetrically on either side of the 12. Other times would also do this: quarter-past nine, for example, or twenty past eight. But ten ten looks best for display.
A quarter of ten, as it relates to time, is 9:45 A quarter of ten, as it relates to algebra, is 2.5
Quarter to ten on an analog clock refers to 9:45. At this time, the minute hand points at the 9, indicating 45 minutes past the hour, while the hour hand is positioned slightly before the 10.
A quarter past two!
"Quarter past ten" means that it is 10:15. In this expression, "quarter" refers to one-fourth of an hour, which is 15 minutes. Therefore, it indicates that 15 minutes have passed since the hour of 10:00.
You simply add "et quart" (pronounce [eh kar]) after the hour from which the quarter is past. "et quart" literally means "and a quarter".Hence "a quarter past ten" becomes "dix heures et quart" ("ten hours and a quarter")