There are 60 seconds in every minute, so converting seconds to minutes is pretty simple. Just divide the number of seconds by 60 and you will get your answer!
Steps
Step 1. Remember that there are 60 seconds in a minute
No matter what country you live in, this fact is universally valid. Count the clicks of a watch's second hand and you will notice that it returns to the same point every 60 seconds, thus defining a minute. Therefore:
- After 60 seconds, a minute has passed.
- After another 60 seconds (120 in total), 2 minutes have elapsed.
- After 180 seconds (60 + 60 + 60), 3 minutes have passed.
Step 2. Divide the number of seconds by 60 and convert the value to minutes
Every 60 seconds, one minute is completed. Dividing one number by another tells you how many times the second "fits" into the first. Consider the problem: "If 360 seconds have passed, how many minutes have passed?" We need to know how many 60-second blocks there are in 360, so let's proceed with the division operation. 360/60 = 6, so our solution is 6 minutes.
- For example: how many minutes are there in 240 seconds?
- 1 minute = 60 seconds.
- 240 / 60
- Answer: there are 4 minutes in 240 seconds.
Step 3. Convert any decimals to seconds by multiplying them by 60
Often the amount of seconds is not perfectly convertible into minutes. The decimal part of the result represents the remainder in seconds. For example, 90 seconds is equal to 1.5 minutes (90/60). This means that in 90 seconds there is a minute plus half a minute (0.5 minutes). To return the decimal value in seconds just multiply by 60. Solution: in 90 seconds there are 1 minute and 30 seconds (0, 5 x 60).
- Example: how many minutes are there in 7600 seconds?
- 7600/60 = 126, 6 minutes.
- 0, 6 x 60 = 36 seconds
- Reply: in 7600 seconds there are 126 minutes and 36 seconds.
Step 4. Check your work by multiplying the answer by 60
If you have performed the calculations correctly, you should find the initial value of the seconds again. Let's always consider the previous example, you will notice that 126.6 x 60 = 7600, so the solution is correct.
Step 5. Practice some practical problems
Solve the following, in the end you will find the solutions.
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1) Convert 45.667 seconds to minutes.
Solution: 761 minutes and 7 seconds
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2) Convert 99,800 seconds to minutes.
Solution: 1663 minutes and 18 seconds
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3) Convert 4,454,457,555 seconds to minutes.
Solution: 74,240,959 minutes and 15 seconds
Step 6. Divide the minutes value by 60 and you will have converted the starting number of seconds into hours
Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, we must follow the same process by dividing again by 60 and you will find how many hours are the seconds taken into consideration.
- Example: How many hours are there in 7200 seconds?
- 7200/60 = 120 minutes.
- 120/60 = 2 hours.
- Solution: 7200 seconds equals 2 hours.
