30 minutes is half an hour, we say “half past” or “thirty”. 15 minutes is quarter of an hour, we say “quarter past” or “fifteen” or “quarter to” or “forty-five”.

What is a half past 3?

3:30 – It’s half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)

What is half past and quarter past?

Or when it’s 1:15, we say it’s “quarter after one”. At minute 45, we say it’s “quarter to” the next hour. For example, at 5:45, we say it’s “quarter to six” (or 15 minutes before 6:00). At minute 30, we say it’s “half past”. So at 9:30, we would say it’s “half past nine” (or half an hour after 9:00).

What is quarter past?

Definition of (a) quarter past

: 15 minutes after (a stated hour) The alarm went off at (a) quarter past six.

What is half past 2 o clock?

1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 can all be described as half past 1, half past 2, and half past 3.

How do you explain half past to a child?

Learn. When the minute hand of a clock has moved from 12 and travelled halfway round the clock to point at 6, this is half past the hour. The hour hand also moves and is halfway from one number to the next one. On this clock, the minute hand points to 6 so it is half past .

What is a half past 8?

Similarly half after eight = 8:30 in some parts of the USA, while they say half past eight or eight thirty elsewhere. There various ways to say 8:45 – quarter of nine is used in some areas of the USA, and quarter til nine, quarter to nine, or eight forty-five in others.

What does half past 7 mean?

7:30 (half past seven) 10:30 (half past ten)

How do I teach half past?

To read half past, look at the minute hand first. If the minute hand is pointing to the 6, then we know it is half past the hour. Then look at the hour hand and look at the two numbers on the clock face that this hand is in between. The time is half past the smaller of these two numbers.

What does half past 1 mean?

30 minutes after one o’clock/two o’clock etc.

How do you write half past 6?

It’s quarter past 6. It’s six fifteen. It’s half past 6. It’s six thirty.

What is half of quarter?

Answer: Half of 1/4 is 1/8.

How do you write 2 o clock?

You use o’clock after numbers from one to twelve to say what time it is. For example, if you say that it is 9 o’clock, you mean that it is nine hours after midnight or nine hours after midday. The trouble began just after ten o’clock last night. I went to sleep, and at two o’clock in the morning I woke up.

What is a quarter past 2?

This means it is 15 minutes to the next hour. If there are 60 minutes in an hour, ¼ an hour is 15 minutes. Quarter past – remember, this means it is 15 minutes past o’clock.

What is a quarter past 10?

A quarter of an hour (15 minutes) after the named hour in time.

What is a quarter to 1?

a quarter of an hour=15. Therefore, quarter to one would be 15 minutes before one, or 12:45.