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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 42.5 minutes into hours we have to multiply 42.5 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

42.5 min → T(hr)

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

T(hr) = 42.5 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T(hr) = 0.70833333333333 hr

The final result is:

42.5 min → 0.70833333333333 hr

We conclude that 42.5 minutes is equivalent to 0.70833333333333 hours:

42.5 minutes = 0.70833333333333 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 1.4117647058824 × 42.5 minutes.

Another way is saying that 42.5 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4117647058824 hours.

Approximate result

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

42.5 min ≅ 0.708 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately one point four one two times forty-two point five 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)
43.5 minutes 0.725 hours
44.5 minutes 0.742 hours
45.5 minutes 0.758 hours
46.5 minutes 0.775 hours
47.5 minutes 0.792 hours
48.5 minutes 0.808 hours
49.5 minutes 0.825 hours
50.5 minutes 0.842 hours
51.5 minutes 0.858 hours
52.5 minutes 0.875 hours