Unit Converter
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 8.5 minutes into hours we have to multiply 8.5 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
8.5 min → T(hr)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in hours:
T(hr) = 8.5 min × 0.016666666666667 hr
T(hr) = 0.14166666666667 hr
The final result is:
8.5 min → 0.14166666666667 hr
We conclude that 8.5 minutes is equivalent to 0.14166666666667 hours:
8.5 minutes = 0.14166666666667 hours
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 7.0588235294118 × 8.5 minutes.
Another way is saying that 8.5 minutes is equal to 1 ÷ 7.0588235294118 hours.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight point five minutes is approximately zero point one four two hours:
8.5 min ≅ 0.142 hr
An alternative is also that one hour is approximately seven point zero five nine times eight 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) |
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9.5 minutes | 0.158 hours |
10.5 minutes | 0.175 hours |
11.5 minutes | 0.192 hours |
12.5 minutes | 0.208 hours |
13.5 minutes | 0.225 hours |
14.5 minutes | 0.242 hours |
15.5 minutes | 0.258 hours |
16.5 minutes | 0.275 hours |
17.5 minutes | 0.292 hours |
18.5 minutes | 0.308 hours |