sixty

Everyday

1. Sixty is the number 60, which is six tens. tree →
2. An hour has 60 minutes and a minute has 60 seconds. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a number; 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, so time problems often hide 60. Everyday: ages, prices, speed limits («sixty miles an hour»).

Examples

• There are sixty minutes in an hour. tree →
• Sixty people came. tree →
• A ticket costs sixty cents. tree →
• What is sixty divided by five? tree →
• A minute has sixty seconds. tree →
• Grandma turned sixty last week. tree →
• The car was going sixty kilometers an hour. tree →
• “I never run less than sixty miles,” Cael replied sullenly. tree →

Note

A number word; read it as 60. Hours and minutes hide the 60. Trap: do not confuse sixty (60) with sixteen (16). Trap: time is not base ten — 1 hour 30 minutes is 90 minutes, not 130.

In Jewish tradition

Maths: a number; 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute, so time problems often hide 60. Everyday: ages, prices, speed limits («sixty miles an hour»).

Examples

• And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared. (Torah GEN.5.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah. (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begot Enoch. (Torah GEN.5.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. (Writings EZR.2.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A number word; read it as 60. Hours and minutes hide the 60. Trap: do not confuse sixty (60) with sixteen (16). Trap: time is not base ten — 1 hour 30 minutes is 90 minutes, not 130.