Question

What does the following expression mean?
 It is five past nine.
(A) \[9:55\]
(B) \[9:35\]
(C) \[8:55\]
(D) \[9:05\]

Answer 1

Hint: In this question, we have to find the meaning of five past nine. When we quarter past then it means that fifteen minutes have passed after the actual time. When we say a quarter to, then it means that forty-five minutes have passed after the given time and half past an hour means that thirty minutes have passed after the actual time.

Complete step by step answer:
In an hour there are sixty minutes and in one minute there are sixty seconds. In a whole day, we have twenty-four hours. Our one hour is divided into quarters and a half. An hour contains four quarters and two halves. Every quarter is divided into \[15\] minutes. Suppose if the time is \[7:15\], then we can say that it is quarter past seven. If the time is \[7:45\], then we can say that the time is quarter to seven. So at fifteen minutes, the time means quarter past and at \[45\] minutes, the time means quarter to the given time. The time between zero to twelve is known as AM while the time between twelve and twenty-four is written as PM. The clock shows time \[12\], two times a day. When the clock shows \[12:00AM\], then it is known as midnight and when the clock shows \[12:00PM\], then it is known as noon.
The time zone is different in different countries. According to scientists around the world, the sun is estimated to be five billion years old and the earth is younger than the sun. A year contains \[365\] days but at the time of dinosaurs, one year is of \[370\]. At the time of the sixteenth century, water clocks were used which used the steady flow of water to track the time. The heart of our body pumps \[377\] liters of blood in sixty seconds and beats about \[100,000\] times in a day.
The expression five past nine means that five minutes have passed after nine.

So, the correct answer is “Option D”.

Note:
Earth takes twenty-four hours to complete one cycle around a sun, therefore, it is known as one complete day and it takes almost twenty-four hours from sunrise to sunset. On different planets of the solar system, the time is different. One day on the planet mercury is equal to two years of the planet earth.