quarter past ten means 15 minutes after 10o'clock
25 minutes 10 minutes get to 10, and then another 15 minutes gets to quarter past making 10 + 15 = 25 minutes in total.
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 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 to 10.
It is nothing. But a quarter past ten is a quarter hour after ten: that is 10:15 in the morning or evening.
25 minutes 10 minutes get to 10, and then another 15 minutes gets to quarter past making 10 + 15 = 25 minutes in total.
10:15
Quarter to is an expression meaning 15 minutes to the next hour. Each quarter of an hour is 15 minutes. So a quarter to 10, is equal to 45 minutes past 9 or 9:45.
4:45 ; Quarter to 5 5:15 ; Quarter past 5
A quarter past two!
Quarter past 12 !
Both are accepted, but "a quarter after" is preferred in formal writing.
Quarter past three means :- fifteen minuets past three o'clock, or 3.15
Twice, at 10 past 2 and quarter past 3.