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 42.1 seconds into minutes we have to multiply 42.1 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

42.1 s → T_(min)

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

T_(min) = 42.1 s × 0.016666666666667 min

T_(min) = 0.70166666666667 min

The final result is:

42.1 s → 0.70166666666667 min

We conclude that 42.1 seconds is equivalent to 0.70166666666667 minutes:

42.1 seconds = 0.70166666666667 minutes

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 minute is equal to 1.4251781472684 × 42.1 seconds.

Another way is saying that 42.1 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4251781472684 minutes.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two point one seconds is approximately zero point seven zero two minutes:

42.1 s ≅ 0.702 min

An alternative is also that one minute is approximately one point four two five times forty-two point one 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