its dived up because the earth takes 24 hours to rotate
The earth is divided into 24 times zones. Divide 360 degrees by 24 and you will get the measure in degrees.
There are 24 different time zones around the world.
24, One for each hour of the day.
All of the time zones are 15 degrees wide each. But since there are 24 time zones, and 15x24 is 360, all together they make up the 360 degrees of the globe.
There are 24 hours in a day, so the creators of the time zones are reasoning that the most accurate they need to be is down to the hour. So if we look at the position of the sun every hour for one day, then there are 24 different positions, hence, 24 different times and time zones.
There are 24 time zones.
There are 24 main time zones on Earth
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The earth is divided into 24 times zones. Divide 360 degrees by 24 and you will get the measure in degrees.
Hours are arbitrary, man-made divisions of time. There are 24 time zones on earth--the result of dividing the earth into 24 longitudinal segments.
Hours are arbitrary, man-made divisions of time. There are 24 time zones on earth--the result of dividing the earth into 24 longitudinal segments.
The earth is divided into 40 formal time zones, not 24 as might commonly be expected. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_zones for a complete list. Note that the number of time zones also varies with the season as some regions adopt daylight savings time (DST) while others (in the same time zone) choose not to use DST. This can lead to a seasonal increase or decrease in the total number of time zones. According to PHC there are 24 Major time zones
There are 24 different time zones around the world.
Earth is divided into 24 time zones. A time zone is a region with uniform standard time so areas near that location can keep the same time. Most time zones on land are offset by Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC, by a the whole hour (UTC-12 to UTC+14).
That is probably because we divide the day into 24 hours.
Since there are a total of 24 time zones, then taking the Earth as a perfect sphere of 360o's, then each time zone covers 15o's of the Earth's surface.
24, One for each hour of the day.