Whether you are planning a study schedule, or managing exam time, understanding how to convert minutes into hours is one of those simple yet essential life skills. The concept may appear obvious, but ...

This Sunday, we will all dutifully set our clocks back one hour for daylight saving time. But why is our day divided into 24 hours, each hour divided into 60 ...

Several correspondents recently pointed out how the division of hours into 60 minutes and minutes into 60 seconds (and a full turn into 360 degrees) is almost certainly based on the Sumerians’ very ...