Turn Seconds Into Minutes: Breakdown, Practice Problems, & More

There are 60 seconds in 1 minute. No matter where you are in the world, this is always the case. So that means: 60 seconds = 1 minute 120 seconds = 2 minutes 180 seconds = 3 minutes 240 seconds = 4 minutes 300 seconds = 5 minutes

Divide the number of seconds by 60 to calculate minutes. Because there are 60 seconds in 1 minute, dividing by 60 is how you'll figure out how many minutes have elapsed. If 360 seconds have passed, how many minutes have passed? We need to know how many 60 second chunks are in 360 seconds. So, we'll do this: 360/60. The answer is 6, so our answer is 6 minutes. Example: How many minutes are in 240 seconds? 1 Minute = 60 Seconds 240 / 60 Answer: There are 4 minutes in 240 seconds.

Multiply decimals by 60 to put your answer in minutes and seconds. Oftentimes the number of seconds will not perfectly convert into minutes, so your answer will include a decimal. This represents the number of seconds left over. For example, say you wanted to convert 7600 seconds to minutes: 7600 / 60 = 126.6. That ".6" isn't really useful in terms of time, so we'll multiply it by 60 to put it back into seconds: 60 x .6 = 36 seconds. Your answer is 126 minutes and 36 seconds! Example: How many minutes are in 90 seconds? 90 / 60 = 1.5 minutes 0.5 x 60 = 30 seconds Answer There is 1 minute and 30 seconds in 90 seconds.

Check your work by multiplying your answer by 60. If you did your work correctly, you'll end up with the same number of seconds that you started with. Looking at the previously example, notice that 126.6 x 60 = 7600, so the answer is correct.

Try some practice problems. Practice your conversions with the following examples. Then, check the answers we've included here to see if you've mastered the process! 1) Convert 45667 seconds to minutes Answer: 761 min and 7 seconds 2) Convert 99800 seconds to minutes Answer: 1663 min and 20 seconds 3) Convert 4454457555 seconds to minutes Answer: 74240959 min and 15 seconds

Divide the number of minutes by 60 again to convert seconds to hours. There are also 60 minutes in an hour, so we use the same process, dividing by 60, to determine how many seconds are in an hour. Example: How many hours is 7200 seconds? 7200 / 60 = 120 minutes. 120 / 60 = 2 hours Answer: 7200 seconds equals 2 hours.