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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 15 minutes into hours we have to multiply 15 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

15 min → T(hr)

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

T(hr) = 15 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T(hr) = 0.25 hr

The final result is:

15 min → 0.25 hr

We conclude that 15 minutes is equivalent to 0.25 hours:

15 minutes = 0.25 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 4 × 15 minutes.

Another way is saying that 15 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 4 hours.

Approximate result

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

15 min ≅ 0.25 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately four times fifteen 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

minutes (min) hours (hr)
16 minutes 0.267 hours
17 minutes 0.283 hours
18 minutes 0.3 hours
19 minutes 0.317 hours
20 minutes 0.333 hours
21 minutes 0.35 hours
22 minutes 0.367 hours
23 minutes 0.383 hours
24 minutes 0.4 hours
25 minutes 0.417 hours