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Ancient Babylonians divided days sexagesimally meaning in fractions of 1/60. They measured days by 6 subdivisions (1/60 x 1/60 x 1/60 etc.) to measure units of time as small as 2 milliseconds. Hellenistic astronomers also divided days sexagesimally but also used a mean hour (1/24).
Please see the related link for the answer. In brief, now we use multiples of 10. The Egyptians used a multiple of 60. This has been adopted since, as far as I believe.
Because somebody decided to call one-sixtieth of a minute, one second. Earlier on, somebody decided to call one-sixtieth of an hour, one minute. Guess why there are exactly twenty-four hours in a day!
It is thought that there are 60 seconds in a minute because we have inherited measures based on 60 (the sexagesimal system) from the Sumerians, who developed it around 2,000 B.C.
The sexagesimal system is used in both astronomical measurements (degrees, minutes and seconds of angle) and time measurements because these are historically connected, from when time was measured by the motion of the sun and the stars.
60 was probably originally used by the Sumerians because it is a number that can be divided many different ways, by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and also by 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30.
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What unit of time does sixty seconds equal?
Sixty seconds is equivalent to one minute.
Sixty seconds make?
Sixty seconds will make approximately one minute in time.
Are there sixty seconds in a minute?
yes
How many seconds are there in 1 minute?
Sixty
1minute equal to how much sec?
There are sixty seconds in one minute.
How many seconds are there per minute?
Sixty seconds
What unit of time does sixty seconds equal?
Sixty seconds is equivalent to one minute.
Sixty seconds make?
Sixty seconds will make approximately one minute in time.
Are there sixty seconds in a minute?
yes
How many seconds on venus for a minute?
A minute will be sixty seconds - whether on Venus or elsewhere.
How many seconds are there in 1 minute?
Sixty
What is the ratio for sixty seconds per minute?
1
A minute has sixty what?
opportunities or perhaps just seconds.
What do you do when you change minutes to seconds?
Since there are sixty seconds in a minute, you multiply by 60.
What is Sixty thousand millionth of a minute in seconds?
60000/1000000 is 6/100 of a minute. This x60 is 3.6 seconds.
How do you spell seconds in French?
secondes is the seconds word in french. It is the one by sixty of a minute.
What are the release dates for Minute to Win It - 2010 Sixty Seconds to I Do 1-12?
Minute to Win It - 2010 Sixty Seconds to I Do 1-12 was released on: USA: 23 May 2010
