Three and a half hours is just a daily way of saying three and a half hours, implying the past word, which means an hour longer than speakers of other languages assume. To clarify the concept, look at the following examples: half past three = half past four = 17:30 seven and a half = half past six = 7:30.
Contents
- 1 What is the meaning of half four?
- 2 What does it mean when someone says half past?
- 3 What is the half past of 5?
- 4 What’s a quarter past 4?
- 5 What does quarter past mean?
- 6 What is the meaning of quarter past 5?
- 7 What is a half past 3?
- 8 Is a quarter past six?
- 9 What’s a quarter past three?
- 10 What does half past 8 mean?
- 11 What time is quarter past 6?
- 12 How do you explain quarter past and quarter?
What is the meaning of half four?
half four” means 3:30.
What does it mean when someone says half past?
: half an hour after a stated time The meeting began at half past two.
What is the half past of 5?
For example, 5:30 is “half past five”, 7:30 is “half past seven”, and so on (or, if precision is required, there’s nothing wrong with saying “five thirty”, “seven thirty”, etc.).
What’s a quarter past 4?
1/4 hour = 15 minutes. 15 past 4, OR a quarter past 4.
What does quarter past mean?
: 15 minutes after (a stated hour) The alarm went off at (a) quarter past six.
What is the meaning of quarter past 5?
one fourth of an hour (15 minutes) before five o’clock. 4:45 It’s quarter past five. 15 minutes after five o’clock.
What is a half past 3?
3:30 – It’s half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)
Is a quarter past six?
At minute 15, we say it’s “ quarter past ”. 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”.
What’s a quarter past three?
Quarter past 1, quarter past 2 and quarter past 3 are all ways of describing 1:15, 2:15 and 3:15. Tip: At a quarter past, the hour hand won’t point exactly at any of the hour numbers. It will have moved a little after it. Super tip: At quarter past, the minute hand always points to the 3!
What does half past 8 mean?
HALF PAST EIGHT means 30 minutes past eight. 30 minutes is half of an hour. Hence, 8:30 is the correct answer.
What time is quarter past 6?
When we say, “A quarter past 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour past 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes past 6. When we say, “A quarter till 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour till 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes till 6.
How do you explain quarter past and quarter?
In quarter of an hour, the minute hand travels a quarter of the way around the circle. At a ‘quarter past’ the hand points to 3 and when it points to 9 it is a ‘quarter to’.
