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 3600 minutes into hours we have to multiply 3600 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

3600 min → T_(hr)

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

T_(hr) = 3600 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T_(hr) = 60 hr

The final result is:

3600 min → 60 hr

We conclude that 3600 minutes is equivalent to 60 hours:

3600 minutes = 60 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 0.016666666666667 × 3600 minutes.

Another way is saying that 3600 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 0.016666666666667 hours.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand six hundred minutes is approximately sixty hours:

3600 min ≅ 60 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately zero point zero one seven times three thousand six hundred 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