How do I convert minutes to a decimal?

Question

example - What would 27 minutes be as a decimal of an hour

Answer 1

Your basic question is, how do I convert from minutes to hours. Obviously if you try to convert 60 minutes to an hour you will get only 1, which isn't a decimal in the sense we usually mean, unless you write it a 1.0

Converting from one unit to another is really easy once you get the hang of it. I recommend you click the following link and read my answer to someone else's question about converting units, because once you learn how to convert units in one question, you've figured out how to do it for all other directly convertible units.

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylc=X3oDMTBxcDMxYWk4BF9TAwRzZWMDbWFpbHRvBHNsawNzdWJqZWN0?qid=20070314180836AAtXvdF

--charlie

Answer 2

27 minutes as regular fraction of 1 hour= 27/60.
Reducing by a common number [3 in this case], you get 9/20.
Dividing the numerator by the denominator you get a decimal
fraction equivalent of 0.45 or 45%
{Check; 45%=45/100=9/20.
9/20 of 60 =3x9=27; so 27 minutes=45%of one hour}

Answer 3

divide it by 60 because 60 is the 100%. So, 27/60 is 9/20. Convert this to decimal would give you 0.45.

Answer 4

27 mins = 27 / 60 h = 9 / 20 h = 45 / 100 h = 0.45 h

Answer 5

You could easily turn it to a percentage
Multiply 27 x 100 now divide that by 60
= 45% or 45/100 or 4.5/10

Answer 6

27/60=.45 or 45% of an hour

Answer 7

27/60=0.45
0.45=45% not 75% Wandering Blade

Answer 8

27 ÷ 60 = 0.45hr = 9/20ths

Answer 9

Are people seriously telling you 27 minutes is .45 of an hour???

If 30 minutes is half an hour - 0.50 in decimal or 50% than how can 27 minutes be 0.45 of an hour - 75%????

Back to school chaps!

Answer 10

The minutes have to be divided by the hour.
1 hour = 60mins .
27mins divided by 60 mins = 0.45 of an hour.