How do you convert ten minutes into hours?

3 Answers
May 19, 2018

#1/6# hrs

Explanation:

To convert minutes into hours you divide by 60.
#10/60 = 1/6#

May 19, 2018

Therefore, #10# minutes #=# #1/6# #"hr"#.

Explanation:

First, we know that there are #60# minutes per hour.

We want to convert #10# minutes into #x# hours, so we set up an "dimensional analysis".

We first start off with what we have, #10# minutes. Then we multiply it by #"1 hr"# for #"60 min"# to convert it into hours:
#"10 min " xx ("1 hr")/("60 min")#

The #"min"#s cancel out since it is both multiplied and divided:
#"10" cancel(min) xx ("1 hr")/("60" cancel(min)) = 10/60# #"hr" = 1/6# #"hr"#

Therefore, #10# minutes #=# #1/6# #"hr"#.

Hope this helps!

May 19, 2018

#0.1bar6# hours.

Explanation:

#(60 " min")/(1" hour") = (10 " min")/(x " hours")#

cross multiply:

#(x " hours")* (60 " min") = 1* (10 " min")#

divide both sides by #(60 " min") #

#(x " hours") = (10 " min")/(60 " min")#

minutes cancel:

#x = 10/60 = 1/6 = 0.1bar6# hours.