Reading an Analog Clock - Quarter Past Time

Practice Examples

What time is shown in this clock?

The hour hand is pointing in between 4 and 5.

So the time is 4 hours and some minutes.

The minute hand has completed quarter of a rotation and is pointing at 3 that is the minute hand is referring to 15 minutes.

There are 60 minutes in an hour. Quarter of 60 is 15.

The time is 4:15, that is it is fifteen minutes past 4 o clock.

4:15 is 15 minutes past 4 o clock.

The time is quarter past 4.

What time is shown in this clock?

The hour hand is pointing in between 9 and 10.

So the time is 9 hours and some minutes.

The minute hand has completed quarter of a rotation and is pointing at 3 that is the minute hand is referring to 15 minutes. There are 60 minutes in an hour. Quarter of 60 is 15.

The time is 9:15, that means it is fifteen minutes past 9 o clock.

15 minutes is quarter of an hour.

The time is quarter past 9.

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