Unit Converter
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 30 seconds into minutes we have to multiply 30 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
30 s → T(min)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in minutes:
T(min) = 30 s × 0.016666666666667 min
T(min) = 0.5 min
The final result is:
30 s → 0.5 min
We conclude that 30 seconds is equivalent to 0.5 minutes:
30 seconds = 0.5 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 × 30 seconds.
Another way is saying that 30 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 2 minutes.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty seconds is approximately zero point five minutes:
30 s ≅ 0.5 min
An alternative is also that one minute is approximately two times thirty 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
seconds (s) | minutes (min) |
---|---|
31 seconds | 0.517 minutes |
32 seconds | 0.533 minutes |
33 seconds | 0.55 minutes |
34 seconds | 0.567 minutes |
35 seconds | 0.583 minutes |
36 seconds | 0.6 minutes |
37 seconds | 0.617 minutes |
38 seconds | 0.633 minutes |
39 seconds | 0.65 minutes |
40 seconds | 0.667 minutes |