sixty
/ˈsɪksti/
noun
Six groups of ten, written as 60
“There are sixty seconds in a minute.”
שישים
Sixty is a noun in the numbers category. It is a intermediate (ages 9-10) word, meaning "Six groups of ten, written as 60" In Hebrew, sixty translates to שישים.
Example Sentences
- There are sixty seconds in one minute.
- There are sixty minutes in one hour.
- She could hold a plank for sixty seconds without stopping.
Did You Know? Sixty is the reason we have 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour! This comes from the ancient Babylonians, who used a counting system based on 60 rather than 10. Sixty is special because it can be divided evenly by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30 — more than almost any other number.
Common Word Combinations
sixty secondssixty minutesover sixtysixty percent
Related Words
fiftyseventyminutehour
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