#Degrees minus minutes full#
#Degrees minus minutes plus#

#Degrees minus minutes plus#

Now you have 27 whole minutes plus 0.36 of a minute. To state the decimal 0.456 degrees in minutes multiply 0.45660 to get 27.36 minutes. If you have 91.456 degrees you can see that your measurement is 91 whole degress plus 0.456 of a degree. While the degree might be more prevalent in common usage, and many people have a more practical understanding of angles in terms of degrees, the radian is the preferred measurement of angle for most math applications. One degree has 60 minutes and one minute has 60 seconds.

One of the theories suggests that 360 is readily divisible, has 24 divisors, and is divisible by every number from one to ten, except for seven, making the number 360 a versatile option for use as an angle measure.Ĭurrent use: The degree is widely used when referencing angular measures. 1 ' 0.0166666667 1 60 ' Example: convert 15 ' to : 15 ' 15 × 0.0166666667 0. History/origin: The origin of the degree as a unit of rotation and angles is not clear. Although a degree is not an SI (International System of Units) unit, it is an accepted unit within the SI brochure. 1' (1 / 60) 0.01666667 where one minute is equivalent to one divided by sixty degrees. 1 60' 3600', which means that one degree is equivalent to sixty minutes which is equal to three thousand six hundred seconds.

#Degrees minus minutes full#

Because a full rotation equals 2π radians, one degree is equivalent to π/180 radians. Formula of converting degrees, minutes and seconds to decimal degrees. Degreeĭefinition: A degree (symbol: °) is a unit of angular measurement defined by a full rotation of 360 degrees. History/origin: The term 'minute' is derived from the Latin 'pars minuta prima' which means the 'first small part.' The minute was originally defined as 1/60 of an hour (60 seconds), based on the average period of Earth's rotation relative to the sun, known as a mean solar day.Ĭurrent use: The minute, as a multiple of the second, is used for all manner of measurements of duration, from timing races, measuring cooking or baking times, number of heart beats per minute, to any number of other applications. Higher accuracy 5 decimal places output added. The output decimal number is displayed negative, indicating degrees west. Under Coordinated Universal Time, a minute can have a leap second, making the minute equal to 61 rather than 60 seconds. Amended 5 October 2006: If you input a negative number for the whole degrees it assumes you are West Longitude and considers the minutes and seconds parts (input without minus signs) as taking you further to the west. Definition: A minute (symbol: min) is a unit of time based on the second, the base unit of the International System of Units (SI).