As an example, let’s say that we want to find out how many hours a 150 minute movie will be. In this case, we’ll start by writing down 150 minutes. In the next few steps, we’ll solve!
This is the same as dividing by 60/1, or 60. If you need help dividing and multiplying fractions, see WikiHow’s help article on this topic.
This is the same as dividing by 60/1, or 60. If you need help dividing and multiplying fractions, see WikiHow’s help article on this topic.
In our example, 150 minutes × 1 hour/60 minutes = 2. 5 hours, or 2 1/2 hours. This is the same as 150 divided by 60 or 150/60.
In our example, multiplying 2. 5 hours × 60 minutes/1 hour = 150 minutes — exactly what we started with.
For example, let’s say that we need to convert 3 hours and 9 minutes to just hours. To do this, all we need to do is figure out how many hours 9 minutes is, then add it to 3 hours. In other words, 9 minutes × 1 hour/60 minutes = 0. 15 hours + 3 hours = 3. 15 hours.
Let’s follow along with an example problem. If we want to convert 260 minutes to hours, we would multiply 260 minutes × 1 hour/60 minutes = 4. 33 hours or 4 1/3 hours.
In our example, we would multiply just the “. 33” by 60. 0. 33 × 60 = 20 minutes. If we use a fraction instead of 0. 33, we get the same answer. 1/3 × 60 = 20 minutes.
In our example, our first answer was 4. 33 hours. We just found out that the “. 33” part is equal to 20 minutes, so we would write our answer as 4 hours 20 minutes.
