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