60 Minutes in Hours

60 minutes1 hour
Decimal hours
1
Hours:minutes
1:00
Seconds
3,600
Days
0.0417

Decimal hours = minutes ÷ 60. Payroll systems use decimal hours: 1 h 30 min = 1.5 hours.

60 min = 1 h

60 minutes equals 1 hours, which is 1 hour.

Step by step

  1. Divide the minutes by 60: 60 ÷ 60 = 1 hours.
  2. The whole number is the hours: 1.
  3. Multiply what is left by 60 to get minutes: 0 × 60 = 0.
  4. So 60 minutes = 1 hour.

Details

Hours and minutes
1 hour
Decimal hours
1
Clock format (h:mm)
1:00
Seconds
3,600
Days
0.0417
Share of an 8-hour workday
12.5%

How it works

An hour has 60 minutes, so dividing minutes by 60 gives hours. The answer can be written two ways: as decimal hours, which payroll and invoicing systems use (90 minutes = 1.5 hours), or as hours and minutes, which is how we usually say a duration (1 hour 30 minutes). Be careful not to mix the two — 1.5 hours is 1 hour 30 minutes, not 1 hour 50 minutes.

Nearby values

MinutesHours
10 min0.167 h (10 minutes)
15 min0.25 h (15 minutes)
30 min0.5 h (30 minutes)
45 min0.75 h (45 minutes)
60 min1 h (1 hour)
75 min1.25 h (1 hour 15 minutes)
90 min1.5 h (1 hour 30 minutes)
100 min1.667 h (1 hour 40 minutes)
105 min1.75 h (1 hour 45 minutes)

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Frequently asked questions

How many hours is 60 minutes?

1 hours (1 hour).

What is 60 minutes in decimal hours?

1. Divide 60 by 60.

How do I write 60 minutes on a time card?

Use decimal hours: 1.

How many seconds are in 60 minutes?

3,600 seconds.

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