Convert minutes to hours

Convert minutes to hours - time units

• A minute has 60 seconds, an hour has 60 minutes and a day has 24 hours. The time units could hardly be more unfavorable. Why the time units were divided this way lies in the physics respectively. the astronomy and established in the early day and night observations of our ancestors.
• The fact that the number 60 is the measure of all things and that converting minutes into hours became so complicated is due to the ancient Babylonians. Their numerical measure ended at 60. And so after the number 60 they just started again at 1. This count was repeated 12 times during the day, just as it was during the night, so that the day had a total of 24 hours.
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• In order to be able to convert seconds into minutes or minutes into hours, you only need to know about the 1 x 6.
• Take the number of minutes, delete the last digit and divide it by six.
  This also works for minutes that do not result in full hours. Here you can either make a rough estimate in your head or calculate with the rest.

Convert time units other than minutes to hours

• This calculation method can also be transferred 1: 1 to converting seconds into minutes, since the time unit is the same here. To convert from hours to days, it is necessary to divide by 24. Here it would be advisable to work with the 25-series trick.


Convert hours to seconds - that's how it goes in your head

It happens again and again that you have to quickly convert hours into seconds - mostly ...

• Example:
  96 hours = x days
  100: 25 = 4
  96: 24 = 4
• 96 hours correspond to 4 days
• The opposite way is also conceivable. So if you want to convert hours to minutes, all you have to do is multiply by 60. Here, too, it makes sense to initially only multiply by 6 and then add a 0.
• Example:
  3 hours = x minutes
  3 x 6 = 18 = 180 minutes