On an ordinary clock, with 12 hours on the face, the hour hand rotates
360 degrees in 12 hours
30 degrees in 1 hour = 60 minutes
1/2 degree per minute
5 degrees in 10 minutes
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The hour hand of a clock completes a full revolution every 12 hours, which is equivalent to 720 minutes. Therefore, to calculate how many minutes it takes for the hour hand to rotate through one degree, you divide 720 minutes by 360 degrees, giving you 2 minutes per degree.
In 10 minutes, the hour hand moves 1/6th of the way between two hour markers on the clock face, as there are 60 minutes in an hour. Since there are 360 degrees in a full circle, the angle described by the hour hand in 10 minutes is 1/6 * 360 = 60 degrees. This means the hour hand moves 6 degrees for every minute that passes.
9600 degrees an hour. Formula:degrees per min * minutes in an hour.
2880 degrees 1) One rotation of the minute hand is 360 degrees. 2) One rotation is completed in 1 hour. 3) So in 8 hours the minute hand will go through 8 x 360 degrees = 2880
At 6:30, the hour hand is at 195 degrees, the minute hand is at 180 degrees, the second hand would be at 0 degrees. The hour and minute hands would also be 15 degrees apart.