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 72.3 minutes into hours we have to multiply 72.3 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

72.3 min → T_(hr)

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

T_(hr) = 72.3 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T_(hr) = 1.205 hr

The final result is:

72.3 min → 1.205 hr

We conclude that 72.3 minutes is equivalent to 1.205 hours:

72.3 minutes = 1.205 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 0.8298755186722 × 72.3 minutes.

Another way is saying that 72.3 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 0.8298755186722 hours.

Approximate result

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

72.3 min ≅ 1.205 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately zero point eight three times seventy-two point three 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