60 (number)

60 (sixty) (Listen^ⓘ) is the natural number following 59 and preceding 61. Being three times 20, it is called threescore in older literature (kopa in Slavic, Schock in Germanic).

60 is the 4th superior highly composite number,^[1] the 4th colossally abundant number,^[2] the 9th highly composite number,^[3] a unitary perfect number,^[4] and an abundant number. It is the smallest number divisible by the numbers 1 to 6.

The smallest group that is not a solvable is the alternating group A₅, which has 60 elements.

There are 60 one-sided hexominoes, the polyominoes made from six squares.

There are 60 seconds in a minute, as well as 60 minutes in a degree.

The first fullerene to be discovered was buckminsterfullerene C₆₀, an allotrope of carbon with 60 atoms in each molecule, arranged in a truncated icosahedron. This ball is known as a buckyball, and looks like a soccer ball.

The atomic number of neodymium is 60, and cobalt-60 (⁶⁰Co) is a radioactive isotope of cobalt.

The electrical utility frequency in western Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, the United States, and several other countries in the Americas is 60 Hz.

An exbibyte (sometimes called exabyte) is 2⁶⁰ bytes.

The Babylonian cuneiform numerals had a base of 60, inherited from the Sumerian and Akkadian civilizations, and possibly motivated by the large number of divisors that 60 has.^{[citation needed]} The sexagesimal measurement of time and of geometric angles is a legacy of the Babylonian system.

The number system in the Mali Empire was based on 60, reflected in the counting system of the Maasina Fulfulde, a variant of the Fula language spoken in contemporary Mali.^[5] The Ekagi of Western New Guinea used base 60,^[6] and the sexagenary cycle plays a role in Chinese calendar and numerology.

From Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in Slavic and Baltic languages 60 has its own name kopa (Polish: kopa, Belarusian: капа́, Lithuanian: kapa, Czech: kopa, Russian: копа, Ukrainian: копа́), in Germanic languages: German: Schock, Danish: skok, Dutch: schok, Swedish: Skock, Norwegian: Skokk and in Latin: sexagena refer to 60 = 5 dozen = ⁠1/2⁠ small gross. This quantity was used in international medieval treaties e.g. for ransom of captured Teutonic Knights.

60 occurs several times in the Bible; for example, as the age of Isaac when Jacob and Esau were born,^[7] and the number of warriors escorting King Solomon.^[8]

In the laws of kashrut of Judaism, 60 is the proportion (60:1) of kosher to non-kosher ingredients that can render an admixture kosher post-facto.^[9]

In the Quran, 60 is mentioned once: "..he should feed sixty indigent ones..",^[10] but it is mentioned many times in the Hadith, most notably Muhammad being reported to say, "..Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created Adam in His own image with His length of sixty cubits.."^[11]

In Hinduism, the 60th birthday of a man is called Sashti poorthi. A ceremony called Sashti (60) Abda (years) Poorthi (completed) in Sanskrit is conducted to felicitate this birthday. It represents a milestone in his life. There are 60 years mentioned in the historic Indian calendars.

It is:

• In time, the number of seconds in a minute, and the number of minutes in an hour.^[12] (a legacy of the Babylonian number system)
• The number of feet in the standard measurement tool to evaluate an automotive launch on a dragstrip, as the time taken to travel the first 60 feet (18 m) of the track.
• The number of miles per hour an automobile accelerates to from rest (0-60) as one of the standard measurements of performance
• The number of years in a sexagenary cycle
• 60 Minutes, a CBS investigative television show
• Sixty Minute Man was a TV show starring Kenny Baumann
• A common speed limit, in miles per hour, for freeways in many U.S. states
• A common speed limit, in kilometers per hour, in urban areas in Russia
• In years of marriage, the diamond wedding anniversary
• The maximum number of marbles (game pieces) in Chinese checkers
• The code for international direct dial calls to Malaysia
• The highest attainable level in World of Warcraft (not including the five latest expansions)
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a TV show on NBC (2006–07)
• Gone in 60 Seconds is a movie starring Nicolas Cage
• Miss Sixty is a women's apparel brand
• The number of cards in the game Rack-O
• The number of the French department Oise
• Alpha 60 is a brain-computer in the movie Alphaville directed by Jean-Luc Godard
• The age for senior citizens in some cultures

• In darts, 60 (treble-twenty) is the highest score that can be achieved with a single dart.
• New York Yankees Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927 during a 154-game season; although the record has been broken three times since then, by Roger Maris, Mark McGwire, and Barry Bonds (with Sammy Sosa and Aaron Judge also exceeding that total), those records were set during a 162-game season.
• In NCAA Division II, each member school may provide athletically-related financial aid in men's sports amounting to no more than the equivalent of 60 full scholarships. Basketball and football are excluded from this limit by rule.
• The total number of minutes in an ice hockey game, divided into three periods.
• The total number of minutes in a gridiron football game, divided into four quarters.
• The point differential in the 2024 Orange Bowl played between Georgia and FSU.

• List of highways numbered 60

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• Woolley, Thomas (18 May 2012). "60". YouTube.