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This quick and easy calculator will convert Minutes (min) to Hours (hr) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Minutes to Hours

Formula
hr = min / 60
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Hours, divide the number of Minutes by 60.0
Minutes (min) in 1 Hour
There are 60 Minutes in 1 Hour
Hours (hr) in 1 Minute
There are 0.02 Hours in 1 Minute

Unit Information

Minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/
Symbol: min
Unit System: SI

What is the Minute?

The minute is a unit of time and is a multiple of an SI base unit with the symbol m.

There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 minutes in an hour.

The Iranian scholar and polymath Al-Biruni who lived through the Islamic Golden Age (circa 1000 AD) was the first to split the hour sexagesimally (by 60) and introduced what we now understand as the “minute”.

It is understood in modern society to represent a relatively short amount of time – and is used very commonly in language to ask for a short break; hence the phrase “wait a minute”, “uno momento” and “un moment s’il vous plait”.

Hour
/ˈaʊə/
Symbol: hr
Unit System: SI

What is the Hour?

The hour is a unit of time and is a multiple of an SI base unit with the symbol hr.

There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. Consequently, there are 3600 seconds in an hour.

In a mean solar day, there are 24 hours.

Originally in the Middle East, the hour was defined as 1/12 of the day or night time. However, seasonal factors clearly affected all of these definitions and an average is used today to normalise and allow calculations.


Conversion Tables for Minutes (min) to Hours (hr)