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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from seconds to minutes is 0.016666666666667, which means that 1 second is equal to 0.016666666666667 minutes:

1 s = 0.016666666666667 min

To convert 12 seconds into minutes we have to multiply 12 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from seconds to minutes. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 s → 0.016666666666667 min

12 s → T(min)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in minutes:

T(min) = 12 s × 0.016666666666667 min

T(min) = 0.2 min

The final result is:

12 s → 0.2 min

We conclude that 12 seconds is equivalent to 0.2 minutes:

12 seconds = 0.2 minutes

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 minute is equal to 5 × 12 seconds.

Another way is saying that 12 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 5 minutes.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve seconds is approximately zero point two minutes:

12 s ≅ 0.2 min

An alternative is also that one minute is approximately five times twelve seconds.

Conversion table

seconds to minutes chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from seconds to minutes

seconds (s) minutes (min)
13 seconds 0.217 minutes
14 seconds 0.233 minutes
15 seconds 0.25 minutes
16 seconds 0.267 minutes
17 seconds 0.283 minutes
18 seconds 0.3 minutes
19 seconds 0.317 minutes
20 seconds 0.333 minutes
21 seconds 0.35 minutes
22 seconds 0.367 minutes