Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from hours to minutes is 60, which means that 1 hour is equal to 60 minutes:
1 hr = 60 min
To convert 1 hour into minutes we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from hours to minutes. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 hr → 60 min
1 hr → T(min)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in minutes:
T(min) = 1 hr × 60 min
T(min) = 60 min
The final result is:
1 hr → 60 min
We conclude that 1 hour is equivalent to 60 minutes:
1 hour = 60 minutes
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 minute is equal to 0.016666666666667 × 1 hour.
Another way is saying that 1 hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.016666666666667 minutes.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hour is approximately sixty minutes:
1 hr ≅ 60 min
An alternative is also that one minute is approximately zero point zero one seven times one hour.
Conversion table
hours to minutes chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from hours to minutes
hours (hr) | minutes (min) |
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2 hours | 120 minutes |
3 hours | 180 minutes |
4 hours | 240 minutes |
5 hours | 300 minutes |
6 hours | 360 minutes |
7 hours | 420 minutes |
8 hours | 480 minutes |
9 hours | 540 minutes |
10 hours | 600 minutes |
11 hours | 660 minutes |