We are going to be looking at time over the next few weeks. Today we will be focussing on quarter past and quarter to.
An hour is 60 minutes long. If you imagine the clock is a circle, each quarter would be 15 minutes long. 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 = 60
One quarter of an hour (or 15 minutes) has past when the minute hand is at the number 3.
Half an hour has passed (or 30 minutes) has past when the minute hand is at the number 6.
Three quarters of an hour (or 45 minutes) has past when the minute hand is at the number 9.
We call this quarter to because it shows one quarter of an hour until the next hour.
