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