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 300 seconds into minutes we have to multiply 300 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
300 s → T(min)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in minutes:
T(min) = 300 s × 0.016666666666667 min
T(min) = 5 min
The final result is:
300 s → 5 min
We conclude that 300 seconds is equivalent to 5 minutes:
300 seconds = 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 0.2 × 300 seconds.
Another way is saying that 300 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 0.2 minutes.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three hundred seconds is approximately five minutes:
300 s ≅ 5 min
An alternative is also that one minute is approximately zero point two times three hundred 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) |
---|---|
301 seconds | 5.017 minutes |
302 seconds | 5.033 minutes |
303 seconds | 5.05 minutes |
304 seconds | 5.067 minutes |
305 seconds | 5.083 minutes |
306 seconds | 5.1 minutes |
307 seconds | 5.117 minutes |
308 seconds | 5.133 minutes |
309 seconds | 5.15 minutes |
310 seconds | 5.167 minutes |