Why does it not start at 15 or 7?
2007-03-27 08:58:37 · 11 answers · asked by Double O 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
As we have 10 fingers and thumbs and a decimal system, it only makes sense to start at 10 and go down to zero.
2007-03-27 09:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
key word down
also 10 is an even number that is not too long
if people started at 20 or 25 or 100 do you realize how many people would have forgotten what number they are on ?
quick thought new years eve, time square, and the countdown begins 100, 99, etc 47,46, 50 oh wait....okay people we have to start again.
half the square would be torched by then and all the drunks would have no idea what number they would be on.
10 is simple even and accurate. nuf said
2007-03-27 10:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess a countdown can start at any # but it would always make sense to stop at 0. 0 is the end unless you want to go into negatives
2007-03-27 09:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by dandep24 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
as 10 is the first two digit number and it goes down to zero because the word is countdown not countup
2007-03-27 10:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by lucky_driz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because counting down from 10 is easy because it tells the number of seconds before an action starts.
2007-03-27 09:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do. You can start a countdown at any point you want.
2007-03-27 13:44:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because 0 is the end
2007-03-27 09:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by kwadwo_adade 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IT ACTUALLY STARTS AT 11 CAUSE IT TAKES 1 SECOND TO SAY 10
2007-03-27 09:18:45 · answer #8 · answered by MR.GET IT GOOD 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
becuase 10 is the first number to end in zero?
2007-03-27 09:06:48 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Pictsy♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cuz if it started with zero and went to ten it would be called a count up......
2007-03-28 17:04:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋