In the given clock time is 8:45, which 45 minutes after eight. So it is known as quarter to nine. Q. The time in the below clock is 6:30.
Just to make things more complicated, for 8:45, both can say eight forty-five or (a) quarter to nine; Americans can also say (a) quarter of nine, but this is less common.
10 minutes past 8 in the evening is written as 8:10 p.m.
A quarter to an hour is 15 minutes before a certain hour. It is also the same as 45 minutes past the previous hour. For example, quarter to 8 means 15 minutes before 8. This is the same as 45 minutes past 7 or 07:45.
45 minutes past 6 means 45 minutes after 6. That is 6.45. We can also say this using 'quarter'. At minute 45, we use 'quarter to the next hour'.
As we know, there are 60 minutes in an hour. With minutes 1 – 29, we say it's past (or after) the hour. For example, “It's ten past three”, or 3:10. Or another example, “It's twenty after eight”, or 8:20.
8:10 (ten past eight) 10:20 (twenty past ten) Quarter-past (15 minutes past)
8 hours 45 minutes is 8.75 hours or 525 minutes.
:30 minutes = half hour = . 5 hours. :45 minutes = three-quarters hour = . 75 hours.
Let's look into the two methods to write 45 minutes in decimal.
Hours and minutes to Decimal conversion
So, 8 hours 40 minutes is 8 + 40 ÷ 60 = 8.666667 hours.
Now 30 minutes past 6 meaning 6:30.
The time is 25 past 7. 25 to Minute hand is on the 7. Hour hand is going to the 9. The time is 25 to 9.
For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.
The 30 minutes portion is expressed as . 50 because 30 minutes equals 1/2 hour or . 50 hours in decimal format.
So, 12 hours and 45 minutes = (12 + 0.75) = 12.75 hours. Q. How would you represent 5 hours and 45 minutes in hours as decimals?
Hence, the required fraction is =3/4.
Half past an hour means 30 minutes after an hour. So half past 7 can be written as 7:30.
4:45 is between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock. Quarter past four is 4:15, 4:30 is half past four, and 4:45 is quarter to five. In another 15 minutes, it will be 5 o'clock.
It's 8:25 or it's twenty five past eight. It's 5:25 or it's twenty five past five. It's 9:10 or it's ten past nine.