How long is 3 minutes?

Put simply, three minutes equals 180 seconds, or 180,000 milliseconds or 180,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 3 minutes is equal to 0.0021 hours, or about 0.0003 weeks.

Here's a closer look at what 3 minutes equals:

0.0003 weeks
0.0021 days
0.05 hours
180 seconds
180,000 milliseconds
180,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 33,530,760 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 72,000 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 200,700 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 202,500 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 360 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 257 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)
Typing 60 words (about 20 words per minute)
Drinking 18 glasses of water (each glass takes about 10 seconds to drink)
Brushing your teeth quickly 2 times (each stroke takes 2 to 3 minutes)
Walking 1,320 feet (walking speed is about 3 miles per hour)
A common snail crawling 0.33 feet (crawls at 0.11 feet per minute)
Your heart beating 225 times (normal rate is 75 beats per minute)