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Each minute has 60 seconds, so converting from seconds to minutes is very simple. Just divide the number of seconds by 60 and you will have the answer.

Steps

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   Know that one minute equals 60 seconds. No matter what country you live in in the world, every minute equals 60 seconds.
   • 60 seconds passed means one minute had passed.
   • Another 60 seconds passed (for a total of 120 seconds) and 2 minutes have elapsed.
   • Another 180 seconds (60 + 60 + 60), 3 minutes have passed.

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   Divide seconds by 60 to convert seconds into minutes. Every 60 seconds equates to one full minute. When you divide a number, you'll know how many times a number needs to be multiplied to equal another number. Consider the following question: "How many minutes does 360 seconds pass?" We need to know what 60 seconds multiply by 360 seconds, so we'll do the division. 360/60 = 6, so the answer is "6 minutes ''.
   • For example, how many minutes is 240 seconds?
   • 1 minute = 60 seconds
   • Get 240/60
   • Answer: 240 seconds equals 4 minutes.

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   Convert decimals to seconds by multiplying them by 60. Sometimes seconds won't be converted to minutes completely. Decimal shows the number of seconds remaining. For example, 90 seconds is equal to 1.5 minutes (90/60). That means we have 90 seconds equal to 1 minute "plus" a half minute (0.5 minutes). To convert it to seconds, simply multiply the decimal fraction by 60. Solution: 90 seconds equals 1 minute and 30 seconds (0.5 x 60).
   • For example, how many minutes is 7600 seconds?
   • 7600/60 = 126.6 minutes
   • 0.6 x 60 = 36 seconds
   • Answer: 7600 seconds equals 126 minutes and 36 seconds

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   Check again by multiplying your answer by 60. If you get it right, you will get the same number of seconds. Looking at the previous example, you see that 126.6 x 60 = 7600, so the answer above is correct.

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   Try more practice. Let's practice this transformation further with the following examples. The answer is at the bottom.
   • 1) Convert 45667 seconds to minutes
     • Answer: 761 minutes and 7 seconds
   • 2) Convert 99800 seconds to minutes
     • Answer: 1663 minutes and 20 seconds
   • 3) Convert 4454457555 seconds to minutes
     • Answer: 74240959 minutes and 15 seconds

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   Divide the minutes by 60 again to convert the seconds into hours. One hour is 60 minutes, so let's do the same thing by dividing by 60 to find out how many seconds there are in an hour.
   • For example, how many hours is 7200 seconds?
   • 7200/60 = 120 minutes.
   • 120/60 = 2 hours
   • Answer: 7200 seconds equals 2 hours.
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Advice

• If the number to convert is minutes, do the reverse to get the seconds.