Because we based our time system on numbers that were convenient.
Not only is 60 a multiple of 10, but you can also divide it into thirds and quarters.
60 is the smallest number with all of those properties.
For historical reasons. In the remote past, somebody used 60 subdivisions, probably because of the large number of factors this number has, and it is now difficult to change this, since everybody is accustomed to the current system. Decimal subdivisions of a day have been proposed, but never gained much popularity.
In fact counting in 60s is ancient and spread across a number of cultures - see link.
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Seconds and minutes are related by the fact that there are 60 seconds in one minute. This means that one minute is equivalent to 60 seconds, and seconds can be converted to minutes by dividing the number of seconds by 60.
As there are 60 seconds in a minute, there are 1/60th of a minute in one second.
There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 minutes in an hour and there are 24 hours in one day.
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There are 60 seconds in a minute
There are 60 seconds in a minute
60 seconds are in a minute!
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divide it by 60 because there are 60 seconds in one minute
There are 60 seconds in a minute.7.3 minutes * 60 seconds/minute = 438 seconds