Help with latitude and longitude?

Question

let's say the latitude and longitude of a location was
42 degrees 06' N, 76 degrees 05' W
what does the 06' and 05' mean??

Answer 1

The 06' and 05' are minutes.

Quote:

"To precisely locate points on the earth's surface, degrees longitude and latitude have been divided into minutes (') and seconds ("). There are 60 minutes in each degree. Each minute is divided into 60 seconds. Seconds can be further divided into tenths, hundredths, or even thousandths. For example, the U.S. Capitol is located at 38°53'23"N , 77°00'27"W (38 degrees, 53 minutes, and 23 seconds north of the equator and 77 degrees, no minutes and 27 seconds west of the meridian passing through Greenwich, England)."

Answer 2

The latitude is the distance in degrees from the equator. Longitude is determined by an arbitrary line that runs from the poles through the observatory in Greenwich, England and is the amount east or west from that line (the prime meridian). Degrees are further divided into minutes ('), which are each one sixtieth of a degree and seconds (") which are one sixtieth of a minute or one 360th of a degree.

Answer 3

42degrees,06 minutes,00seconds

76 degrees, 5 minutes, 0 seconds

also can be written;

42degrees, 6' , 0"

Hope that helps.