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 3.9 hours into minutes we have to multiply 3.9 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

3.9 hr → T_(min)

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

T_(min) = 3.9 hr × 60 min

T_(min) = 234 min

The final result is:

3.9 hr → 234 min

We conclude that 3.9 hours is equivalent to 234 minutes:

3.9 hours = 234 minutes

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 minute is equal to 0.0042735042735043 × 3.9 hours.

Another way is saying that 3.9 hours is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0042735042735043 minutes.

Approximate result

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

3.9 hr ≅ 234 min

An alternative is also that one minute is approximately zero point zero zero four times three point nine hours.

Conversion table

hours to minutes chart

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