How many hours is 500 mins?

Answer 1

Problem:

• 500 minutes = ? hours

Conversion(s):

• 1 hour = 60 minutes

Start with 500 minutes. Arrange a fraction, so that minutes cancels (this is called dimensional analysis), or basically ( 1 hour / 60 minutes ). That reads for every 1 hour there are 60 minutes.

( 500 minutes ) x ( 1 hour / 60 minutes ) = 500/60 hours

The point here is units can cancel out, just like numbers can, using a fraction.

500/60 hours = 50/6 = 25/3 hours ~= 8.333 hours.

So 500 minutes is equal to about 8.333 hours.