𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 : 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝟔𝟎 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝟔𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒?

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 : 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝟔𝟎 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝟔𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒?

 

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞?

►In most systems—like kilograms, litres, or currency—the logic is simple:

→1000 grams = 1 kilogram

→1000 millilitres = 1 litre

→100 paise = 1 rupee

It’s clean, consistent, and based on the decimal (base-10) system we use every day.

 

𝐒𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄?

►Why do we have 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour? Why not just make it 100?

 

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘𝐋𝐎𝐍

►Over 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, the 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 used a 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝟔𝟎 (sexagesimal) number system—not base-10. And they had a good reason.

 

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝟔𝟎?

► Because 60 is one of the most divisible numbers.

► It can be evenly divided by:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30 — that’s 𝟏𝟐 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.

► This made it incredibly useful for early astronomers, mathematicians, and timekeepers. It allowed them to split time and angles into neat, manageable parts—long before calculators or computers existed.

► This powerful logic passed through the Greeks and Romans — and eventually into the modern clock.

60 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 60 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎.𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔—𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚.