Convert Minutes to Seconds
1 minute is 60 s. One minute is exactly 60 seconds.
One minute is 60 seconds. To convert minutes to seconds, multiply by 60; to go the other way, divide by 60 or multiply by 0.016666667. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from BIPM SI Brochure. Sixty seconds exactly.
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Seconds
60 s
- Minutes × 60
value * 6060 s
1 minute in every time unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| seconds | 60 s | × 60 |
| minutes (as entered) | 1 min | — |
| hours | 0.01666666667 h | × 0.0166666666667 |
| days | 0.0006944444444 d | × 0.000694444444444 |
| weeks | 0.00009920634921 wk | × 0.0000992063492063 |
| months | 0.00002281589172 mo | × 0.0000228158917249 |
| years | 0.00000190132431 yr | × 0.00000190132431041 |
Factors are entered by hand from BIPM SI Brochure rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert minutes to seconds?
- 1.Take the measurement in minutes.
- 2.Multiply by 60 — that is how many seconds fit in one minute.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 60, or multiply by 0.016666667.
Minutes to seconds conversion table
| Minutes | Seconds |
|---|---|
| 1 min | 60 s |
| 2 min | 120 s |
| 3 min | 180 s |
| 4 min | 240 s |
| 5 min | 300 s |
| 6 min | 360 s |
| 7 min | 420 s |
| 8 min | 480 s |
| 9 min | 540 s |
| 10 min | 600 s |
| 12 min | 720 s |
| 15 min | 900 s |
| 20 min | 1,200 s |
| 25 min | 1,500 s |
| 50 min | 3,000 s |
| 100 min | 6,000 s |
What are minutes and seconds?
- Minute (min)
- Sixty seconds exactly. Not an SI unit, but accepted for use with it.
- Second (s)
- The SI base unit of time, fixed since 1967 by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency of 9,192,631,770 Hz.
Source: BIPM SI Brochure — the second, and units accepted for use with the SI
Questions people actually ask
- How many seconds are in a minute?
- 60. The SI base unit of time, fixed since 1967 by the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency of 9,192,631,770 Hz.
- How do I convert seconds back to minutes?
- Divide by 60, or multiply by 0.016666667 — they are the same operation.
Other time conversions
Seconds to minutes — the same conversion the other way.