What time is it? A common way to say the time is 8:45.

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Title:	What time is it? A common way to say the time is 8:45.
Answer:	It is a quarter to nine

Hints:	1. This phrase works for any time that ends in 45 minutes 2. One word is also an American coin 3. The last word is a number

Equivalents:	1. 15 to 9

Explanation:	One hour on the clock is 60 minutes. If you divide 60 by 4 (which also means to 'quarter' the hour), then you get 15 minutes. These 15 minutes equal one quarter of an hour. So a 'quarter to nine' means there are 15 minutes until 9:00. So the time is 8:45.
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Average Rating		4.2
# of votes		14
# of Garbage Votes		1
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 14 !
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Olga

Rating: 4

August 23, 2019

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Russian we say "Без пятнадцати девять"

Tati

Rating: 0

June 15, 2017

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Portuguese we say "quinze para as nove"

Leena

Rating: 5

March 19, 2015

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Russian we say "Без пятнадцати девять"

Guest

Rating: 5

August 22, 2013

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Chinese, Mandarin we say "8點45分"

Vini D.

Rating: 4

April 15, 2013

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Portuguese we say "quinze para as nove"

Su P.

Rating: 5

February 3, 2013

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Chinese, Mandarin we say "九点差一刻"

Guest

Rating: 5

November 12, 2012

Vincenzo M.

Rating: 5

November 6, 2012

Instead of "It is a quarter to nine", in Italian we say "Un quarto alle nove"

Reike

Rating: 4

August 21, 2012

Alina

Rating: 5

March 18, 2012

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