4:45 ; Quarter to 5 5:15 ; Quarter past 5
Quarter past 12 !
Both are accepted, but "a quarter after" is preferred in formal writing.
It can't be half past and a quarter to 5 at the same time. I assume the answer is 5.30 for half past 5, and 4.45 for quarter to 5.
quarter past ten means 15 minutes after 10o'clock
Quarter to 10.
4:45 ; Quarter to 5 5:15 ; Quarter past 5
Quarter past 12 !
A quarter past two!
Both are accepted, but "a quarter after" is preferred in formal writing.
Quarter past is an expression 15 minutes past the current hour. Each quarter of an hour is 15 minutes. So quarter past 10 is equal to 10:15.
Quarter past three means :- fifteen minuets past three o'clock, or 3.15
"Quarter past five" is "Cinco y cuarto"
It can't be half past and a quarter to 5 at the same time. I assume the answer is 5.30 for half past 5, and 4.45 for quarter to 5.
From a quarter to the hour to a quarter past the hour, it is the hour, whilefrom a quarter past the hour to a quarter to the hour, it is the half hour.
Time on a clock quarter = quarter of an hour = 60/4 = 15 minutes example, quarter to three = 2:45 quarter past three = 3:45 Also half past two in some countries is referred as half to three.
"Quarter past" in French is "et quart".