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 738 minutes into hours we have to multiply 738 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

738 min → T_(hr)

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

T_(hr) = 738 min × 0.016666666666667 hr

T_(hr) = 12.3 hr

The final result is:

738 min → 12.3 hr

We conclude that 738 minutes is equivalent to 12.3 hours:

738 minutes = 12.3 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 0.08130081300813 × 738 minutes.

Another way is saying that 738 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 0.08130081300813 hours.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred thirty-eight minutes is approximately twelve point three hours:

738 min ≅ 12.3 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately zero point zero eight one times seven hundred thirty-eight 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