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 59 seconds into minutes we have to multiply 59 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
59 s → T(min)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in minutes:
T(min) = 59 s × 0.016666666666667 min
T(min) = 0.98333333333333 min
The final result is:
59 s → 0.98333333333333 min
We conclude that 59 seconds is equivalent to 0.98333333333333 minutes:
59 seconds = 0.98333333333333 minutes
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 minute is equal to 1.0169491525424 × 59 seconds.
Another way is saying that 59 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0169491525424 minutes.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty-nine seconds is approximately zero point nine eight three minutes:
59 s ≅ 0.983 min
An alternative is also that one minute is approximately one point zero one seven times fifty-nine 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) |
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60 seconds | 1 minutes |
61 seconds | 1.017 minutes |
62 seconds | 1.033 minutes |
63 seconds | 1.05 minutes |
64 seconds | 1.067 minutes |
65 seconds | 1.083 minutes |
66 seconds | 1.1 minutes |
67 seconds | 1.117 minutes |
68 seconds | 1.133 minutes |
69 seconds | 1.15 minutes |