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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.
9,511 Questions
How many seconds in 24 hours 34 mins and 7 sec?
88,447 seconds are in 24 hours 34 minutes and seven seconds.
For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.
For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.
For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.
For historical reasons. Probably 60 was popular because it has several factors. Nowadays it seems more convenient to change to a decimal system, but it will be hard to change that; perhaps this change will never occur.
How many days is 18411 minutes?
60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day...
18411/60=306.85 hrs.
306.85/24=
A. 12.79 days
How do clocks help the society?
Clocks help society to co-ordinate its activities, and to navigate.
Clocks contribute to effectiveness and efficiency, and enable efficiency to be measured and monitored
Clocks enable us to have a tangible and standardardised and explicit representation of duration. In the absense of clocks, time would seem to run at different speeds for different people, and for us, at different times, depending on our activity or lack of it.
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.
