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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 30 minutes into hours we have to multiply 30 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

30 min → T(hr)

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

T(hr) = 30 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T(hr) = 0.5 hr

The final result is:

30 min → 0.5 hr

We conclude that 30 minutes is equivalent to 0.5 hours:

30 minutes = 0.5 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 2 × 30 minutes.

Another way is saying that 30 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 2 hours.

Approximate result

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

30 min ≅ 0.5 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately two times thirty 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)
31 minutes 0.517 hours
32 minutes 0.533 hours
33 minutes 0.55 hours
34 minutes 0.567 hours
35 minutes 0.583 hours
36 minutes 0.6 hours
37 minutes 0.617 hours
38 minutes 0.633 hours
39 minutes 0.65 hours
40 minutes 0.667 hours