Conversion formula

The conversion factor from minutes to hours is 0.016666666666667, which means that 1 minute is equal to 0.016666666666667 hours:

1 min = 0.016666666666667 hr

To convert 142.9 minutes into hours we have to multiply 142.9 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from minutes to hours. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 min → 0.016666666666667 hr

142.9 min → T_(hr)

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

T_(hr) = 142.9 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T_(hr) = 2.3816666666667 hr

The final result is:

142.9 min → 2.3816666666667 hr

We conclude that 142.9 minutes is equivalent to 2.3816666666667 hours:

142.9 minutes = 2.3816666666667 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 0.41987403778866 × 142.9 minutes.

Another way is saying that 142.9 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 0.41987403778866 hours.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred forty-two point nine minutes is approximately two point three eight two hours:

142.9 min ≅ 2.382 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately zero point four two times one hundred forty-two point nine minutes.

Conversion table

minutes to hours chart

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