How long is 15 minutes?

Put simply, fifteen minutes equals 900 seconds, or 900,000 milliseconds or 900,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 15 minutes is equal to 0.01 hours, or about 0.0015 weeks.

Here's a closer look at what 15 minutes equals:

0.0015 weeks
0.01 days
0.25 hours
900 seconds
900,000 milliseconds
900,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 167,653,800 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
A supersonic jet flying 1,003,500 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 1,012,500 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Typing 300 words (about 20 words per minute)
Brushing your teeth quickly 8 times (each stroke takes 2 to 3 minutes)
Walking 6,600 feet (walking speed is about 3 miles per hour)
A common snail crawling 1.65 feet (crawls at 0.11 feet per minute)
Reading 23 pages of a book (about 1.5 minutes per page)
Listening to 45 songs (each song is about 3 minutes)
Your heart beating 1,125 times (normal rate is 75 beats per minute)