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The Babylonians had a base 60 system-- 60 is a nice number, since 2,3,and 5 all divide into it and the year has roughly 360 days.
The fact that 60 seconds = one minute and 60 minutes = one hour is a remnant from their system.
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480 sec how many minutes?
There are 60 seconds in a minute so divide seconds by 60 to get minutes: 480/60 = 8 minutes
How many minutes are in 110 seconds?
1 minute = 60 seconds 110 minutes = (110 x 60) = 6,600 seconds
How many minutes are in 1660 seconds?
1660 seconds is 27 minutes and 40 seconds.
How much seconds are there in an hour?
60 seconds in a minute 60 minutes in an hour 60 x 60 = 360.
How is seconds related to minutes?
There are 60 seconds in 1 minute. So 1 Minute=60 Seconds
How many seconds in 60 minutes?
1 minute = 60 seconds→ 60 minutes = 60 x 60 seconds = 3,600 seconds
How many minutes are there in 60 seconds?
There are 60 seconds in one minute.To work this out multiply 60 (seconds) by 60 (minutes) 60 x 60 = 3,600Therefore there are 3,600 seconds in 60 minutes.
Smedley ran 440 yards in 78 seconds express this time in minutes?
To convert seconds to minutes, divide by 60.To convert seconds to minutes, divide by 60.To convert seconds to minutes, divide by 60.To convert seconds to minutes, divide by 60.
How many minutes in 300 seconds?
300 seconds * 1 minutes/60 seconds = 5 minutes
What is 180 seconds in minutes?
1 minute = 60 seconds. Therefore, to convert from minutes to seconds, you multiply by 60; to convert from seconds to minutes, you divide by 60.
How many seconds is there in 60 minutes?
There are 60 seconds in 1 minute, so there are 3600 (60 x 60) seconds in 60 minutes
Convert 9435 seconds into hours minutes and seconds?
9435 seconds 60 seconds = 1 minute 9435 seconds = 9435 / 60 = 157 minutes 15 seconds 60 minutes = 1 hour 157 minutes = 157 / 60 minutes = 2 hours 37 minutes 15 seconds
How many seconds are in 35 minutes?
There are 210 seconds in 3.5 minutes, since there are 60 seconds in a minutes and 60 x 3.5 = 210
How many seconds is in 300 minutes?
1 minute = 60 seconds. Therefore:To convert minutes to seconds, multiply by 60.To convert seconds to minutes, divide by 60.
How many seconds in 5 minutes?
There are 60 seconds in a minute. 60 seconds multiplied by 5 Minutes equals 300 seconds
How do you change 322 seconds into minutes?
Divide by 60. 60 seconds in a minute. SO, 322 seconds/ 60 seconds = 5.36666667 minutes
How many minutes and seconds are in 230 seconds?
60 + 60 + 60 + 50 = 230 3 minutes 50 seconds
