How long is 4 minutes?

Put simply, four minutes equals 240 seconds, or 240,000 milliseconds or 240,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 4 minutes is equal to 0.0028 hours, or about 0.0004 weeks.

Here's a closer look at what 4 minutes equals:

0.0004 weeks
0.0028 days
0.07 hours
240 seconds
240,000 milliseconds
240,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 44,707,680 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
A bee flapping its wings 96,000 times (about 400 flaps per second)
A supersonic jet flying 267,600 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 270,000 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 480 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Blinking about 343 times (each blink takes 0.7 seconds)
Typing 80 words (about 20 words per minute)
Drinking 24 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 1,760 feet (walking speed is about 3 miles per hour)
A common snail crawling 0.44 feet (crawls at 0.11 feet per minute)
Your heart beating 300 times (normal rate is 75 beats per minute)