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 24.2 seconds into minutes we have to multiply 24.2 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

24.2 s → T_(min)

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

T_(min) = 24.2 s × 0.016666666666667 min

T_(min) = 0.40333333333333 min

The final result is:

24.2 s → 0.40333333333333 min

We conclude that 24.2 seconds is equivalent to 0.40333333333333 minutes:

24.2 seconds = 0.40333333333333 minutes

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 minute is equal to 2.4793388429752 × 24.2 seconds.

Another way is saying that 24.2 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 2.4793388429752 minutes.

Approximate result

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

24.2 s ≅ 0.403 min

An alternative is also that one minute is approximately two point four seven nine times twenty-four point two 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