Unit Converter
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 40 minutes into hours we have to multiply 40 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
40 min → T(hr)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in hours:
T(hr) = 40 min × 0.016666666666667 hr
T(hr) = 0.66666666666667 hr
The final result is:
40 min → 0.66666666666667 hr
We conclude that 40 minutes is equivalent to 0.66666666666667 hours:
40 minutes = 0.66666666666667 hours
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 1.5 × 40 minutes.
Another way is saying that 40 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 1.5 hours.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty minutes is approximately zero point six six seven hours:
40 min ≅ 0.667 hr
An alternative is also that one hour is approximately one point five times forty 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) |
---|---|
41 minutes | 0.683 hours |
42 minutes | 0.7 hours |
43 minutes | 0.717 hours |
44 minutes | 0.733 hours |
45 minutes | 0.75 hours |
46 minutes | 0.767 hours |
47 minutes | 0.783 hours |
48 minutes | 0.8 hours |
49 minutes | 0.817 hours |
50 minutes | 0.833 hours |