How to Convert Minutes to Hours
To convert minutes to hours, divide the number of minutes by 60, which is how many minutes are in 1 hour, to get the equivalent number of hours or fraction of an hour. If you're starting with some number of hours and minutes and want to convert it to all hours, convert just the minutes to hours by diving them by 60, then add that number or fraction of a number to the hours you started with to get the total hours.
Start with your number of minutes. You can do this a few different ways. For example, if you're working on paper, you might write down the number of minutes and label it with the word "minutes." If you're using a calculator, just type in the number. As an example, let's say that we want to find out how many hours a 150 minute movie will be. In this case, we'll start by writing down 150 minutes. In the next few steps, we'll solve! Multiply by "1 hour/60 minutes. " Next, write (or type) a multiplication sign (×), then the fraction 1 hour/60 minutes. This fraction shows how many minutes are in an hour (60). When we multiply, we'll end up with the correct units, too (since the two "minutes") cancel out. This is the same as dividing by 60/1, or 60. If you need help dividing and multiplying fractions, see WikiHow's help article on this topic. Solve. Now you just need to do the math. The answer you get will be the number of hours you're looking for. In our example, 150 minutes × 1 hour/60 minutes = 2.5 hours , or 2 1/2 hours. This is the same as 150 divided by 60 or 150/60. Multiply by 60 to get back to minutes. Taking an hours measurement and multiplying it by 60 will get you minutes again. Technically, you're multiplying by 60 minutes/1 hour so that the two "hours" cancel properly. In our example, multiplying 2.5 hours × 60 minutes/1 hour = 150 minutes — exactly what we started with. If your measurement is in hours and minutes, just deal with the minutes. Sometimes, time measurements are given like this: x hours y minutes. In this case, you can just convert the "y minutes" portion to hours, then add it to the "x hours" portion. This gives you the total time in (just) hours. For example, let's say that we need to convert 3 hours and 9 minutes to just hours. To do this, all we need to do is figure out how many hours 9 minutes is, then add it to 3 hours. In other words, 9 minutes × 1 hour/60 minutes = 0.15 hours + 3 hours = 3.15 hours. Convert your minutes to hours as normal. Up until now, we've only discussed how to get answers written in hours. However, since time is often written as hours and minutes , it's nice to know how to do this too. Luckily, this is easy. To start, just convert your minute measurement into hours like you learned in the section above. Let's follow along with an example problem. If we want to convert 260 minutes to hours, we would multiply 260 minutes × 1 hour/60 minutes = 4.33 hours or 4 1/3 hours. Multiply the decimal or fraction by 60. Unless your minutes converted perfectly to hours, you'll have an answer with a decimal or fraction in it. You want to multiply this part by 60. Leave the whole number alone — we're only dealing with the "extra" decimal or fraction part. Label your answer as "minutes". In our example, we would multiply just the ".33" by 60. 0.33 × 60 = 20 minutes. If we use a fraction instead of 0.33, we get the same answer. 1/3 × 60 = 20 minutes. Write your answer as hours and minutes. The answer you just got is the "minutes" part of your final answer. You already know the "hours" part — it's the whole number you got when you first converted. Write your answer like this: x hours, y minutes. In our example, our first answer was 4.33 hours. We just found out that the ".33" part is equal to 20 minutes, so we would write our answer as 4 hours 20 minutes. 
Start with your number of minutes. Multiply by "1 hour/60 minutes. Solve. Multiply by 60 to get back to minutes. If your measurement is in hours and minutes, just deal with the minutes. Convert your minutes to hours as normal. Multiply the decimal or fraction by 60. Write your answer as hours and minutes. 