Expressing a duration in hours but needing the result in minutes is very common: timesheets, hourly billing, cooking recipes, schedules… The conversion is immediate.
One hour is exactly 60 minutes. To convert hours to minutes, multiply the number of hours by 60. If you have decimal hours (e.g. 1.5 h), the same rule applies: 1.5 × 60 = 90 minutes.
📐 Formula
Minutes = Hours × 60
📊 Reference table
| Hours | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 0.25 | 15 |
| 0.5 | 30 |
| 0.75 | 45 |
| 1 | 60 |
| 1.5 | 90 |
| 2 | 120 |
| 3 | 180 |
| 8 | 480 |
| 24 | 1440 |
💡 Practical examples
Example 1: 2.5 hours
2.5 × 60 = 150 minutes. Duration of a feature-length film.
Example 2: 0.25 hours
0.25 × 60 = 15 minutes. A quarter-hour break often shown as a decimal in HR software.
Example 3: 8 hours
8 × 60 = 480 minutes. A full working day broken down minute by minute.