Conversion formula

The conversion factor from months to years is 0.083333333333333, which means that 1 month is equal to 0.083333333333333 years:

1 mo = 0.083333333333333 yr

To convert 42.5 months into years we have to multiply 42.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from months to years. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mo → 0.083333333333333 yr

42.5 mo → T_(yr)

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

T_(yr) = 42.5 mo × 0.083333333333333 yr

T_(yr) = 3.5416666666667 yr

The final result is:

42.5 mo → 3.5416666666667 yr

We conclude that 42.5 months is equivalent to 3.5416666666667 years:

42.5 months = 3.5416666666667 years

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 year is equal to 0.28235294117647 × 42.5 months.

Another way is saying that 42.5 months is equal to 1 ÷ 0.28235294117647 years.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two point five months is approximately three point five four two years:

42.5 mo ≅ 3.542 yr

An alternative is also that one year is approximately zero point two eight two times forty-two point five months.

Conversion table

months to years chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from months to years