Ten past ten is typically interpreted as 10:10 on a clock. In a standard 12-hour clock format, this would be in the morning. In a 24-hour clock format, this would be 10:10 hours. The minute hand points at the 2, and the hour hand points at the 10.
Ten minutes past six.
It is: ten to eight
10:15
10 minutes past one
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.
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ten past ten!
It is: ten to eight
Ten minutes past six.
2:10
10:15
4:10
10 minutes past one
40 minutes
Ten minutes to two
one past ten
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