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Time

This category is for questions about the methods humans go about measuring the passage of time. You can also find questions about converting one unit of time to another.

9,512 Questions

Why is a second called a second?

When early armies did marching drills, they timed themselves by the time it took for a man to do a standard pace/step. The basic unit was determined as the time for a complete stepping cycle - first foot followed by the "second" foot - this unit of time was equivalent to what became called a "second". Time yourself walking 120 paces and you will find that it takes you very close to 60 seconds.

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 times a day is the hour hand opposite the minute hand?

22 times a day (11 times every 12 hours)

Approximate times:

12:32:43

1:38:10

2:43:38

3:49:05

4:54:32

6:00:00

7:05:27

8:10:54

9:16:21

10:21:49

11:27:16

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How many minutes for 3 year?

There are 1,576,800 MINUTES in 3 whole years!! Dang!! Thats a lot :O