How long is 5 minutes?

Put simply, five minutes equals 300 seconds, or 300,000 milliseconds or 300,000,000 microseconds. If you calculate further, 5 minutes is equal to 0.0035 hours, or about 0.0005 weeks.

Here's a closer look at what 5 minutes equals:

0.0005 weeks
0.0035 days
0.08 hours
300 seconds
300,000 milliseconds
300,000,000 microseconds

This amount of time corresponds to:

Light traveling 55,884,600 miles (light speed is 186,282 miles per second)
A supersonic jet flying 334,500 feet (flies at 1,115 feet per second)
Sound traveling 337,500 feet (moves at about 1,125 feet per second in air)
Clapping 600 times (each clap takes 0.5 seconds)
Typing 100 words (about 20 words per minute)
Drinking 30 glasses of water (each glass takes about 10 seconds to drink)
Brushing your teeth quickly 3 times (each stroke takes 2 to 3 minutes)
Walking 2,200 feet (walking speed is about 3 miles per hour)
A common snail crawling 0.55 feet (crawls at 0.11 feet per minute)
Your heart beating 375 times (normal rate is 75 beats per minute)