Why Is There 60 Seconds In A Minute And Not 100? [Solved]
Hello, iam Shawnna Degroot, Don’t work too hard. Why Is There 60 Seconds In A Minute And Not 100? [Solved] Who decided on these time divisions? THE DIVISION of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC....