debit · 16-17, M
youre dividing by 60 because youre seeing how many sets of 60s (one full hour) is in 144 minutes
NerdyPotato · M
I have no idea why you'd multiply 24 by 6 or divide that by 60. What were you trying to calculate?
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NerdyPotato · M
@twiigss to go from minutes to hours, you divide it by the number of minutes per hour. That's a common concept, and the same to go from feet to yards or milliliters to liters. But why are there 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day? No clue... Those seem like strange choices for sure.
tenente · 100+, M
@NerdyPotato
not to bore you: base 60 has many divisors even using prime factors making it easy to divide hours into quarters, halves, etc without resorting to decimals.
above there's conflict with base 10 and that's expected (what's .4 of an hour?) base 10 has far less divisors and only 2 prime factors, very theoretical, and not adaptable for our real world needs
But why are there 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day?
not to bore you: base 60 has many divisors even using prime factors making it easy to divide hours into quarters, halves, etc without resorting to decimals.
above there's conflict with base 10 and that's expected (what's .4 of an hour?) base 10 has far less divisors and only 2 prime factors, very theoretical, and not adaptable for our real world needs
