An hour is a period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.
While a minute is a period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.
Formula to convert time to hours and minutes.
First of all you need to understand that when you are told to convert time to hours and minutes, you are required to have both mins and hrs in your answer.
Therefore if you are told to convert 1.5 hrs to hours and minutes all you need to do is find how many minutes are in 0.5 hrs by multiplying it by 60 to get 30min.
Example:
Convert 3.75 hrs to hrs and mins.
= 3 hours
= 0.75 x 60
= 45 minutes
Therefore, 3.75hrs in hours and minutes is 3 hrs and 45 mins.
