2006-06-13 10:44:17 · 6 answers · asked by surgarcane815 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
There are sixty minutes in an hour because we count the first minute of the hour, from zero to one minute, as the first minute. Likewise, the last minute of the hour, the sixtieth minute, is from the fifty-ninth minute until the clock returns to zero minutes.
2006-06-13 10:57:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
X:00 to X:59 is 60 minutes because X:00 counts as a full minute as well.
2006-06-13 18:07:57 · answer #2 · answered by why should you know? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should look at your clock again. The 60th minute is the last minute of the hour.
2006-06-13 17:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, because it's not.
It's just that when you say "60", it's the end of the 60th second, not the beginning of it.
Otherwise, you'd have to start counting with zero, instead of one.
2006-06-13 17:48:13 · answer #4 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the first minute starts at 0:01
Minutes:Seconds
2006-06-13 17:47:52 · answer #5 · answered by zmes_matt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the above
2006-06-19 20:06:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋