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Convert Revolutions per minute to Megahertz

1 revolution per minute is 1.67e-8 MHz. One revolution per minute is exactly 1.66666666667e-8 megahertz.

One revolution per minute is 1.6667 × 10^-8 megahertz. To convert revolutions per minute to megahertz, multiply by 1.6667 × 10^-8; to go the other way, divide by 1.6667 × 10^-8 or multiply by 60000000. The relation is exact but the figure is not: it is a rounding of a number that does not terminate, and it follows from NIST Special Publication 811. One turn a minute, so 60 rpm is 1 Hz.

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Megahertz
1.67e-8 MHz
Revolutions per minute × 1.6667 × 10^-8
1 * 1.6666667e-80 MHz

1 revolution per minute in every frequency unit

1 revolution per minute expressed in every frequency unit
UnitValueExact factor
hertz0.01666666667 Hz× 0.0166666666667
kilohertz0.00001666666667 kHz× 0.0000166666666667
megahertz0.00000001666666667 MHz× 0.0000000166666666667
gigahertz0.00000000001666666667 GHz× 0.0000000000166666666667
terahertz0 THz× 0.0000000000000166666666667
revolutions per minute (as entered)1 rpm—

Factors are entered by hand from NIST Special Publication 811 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.

How do you convert revolutions per minute to megahertz? The converter and the working

  1. 1.Take the measurement in revolutions per minute.
  2. 2.Multiply by 1.6667 × 10^-8 — that is how many megahertz fit in one revolution per minute.
  3. 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1.6667 × 10^-8, or multiply by 60000000.

Worked example: 25 revolutions per minute to megahertz

Formula
rpm × 1.6667 × 10^-8 = MHz
Arithmetic
25 × 1.6667 × 10^-8 = 4.17e-7 MHz
Answer
25 rpm = 4.17e-7 MHz

The factor is rounded for display; the figure above is computed from the full value.

Revolutions per minute to megahertz conversion table

Revolutions per minute to megahertz conversion table
Revolutions per minuteMegahertz
1 rpm1.67e-8 MHz
2 rpm3.33e-8 MHz
3 rpm5.00e-8 MHz
4 rpm6.67e-8 MHz
5 rpm8.33e-8 MHz
6 rpm1.00e-7 MHz
7 rpm1.17e-7 MHz
8 rpm1.33e-7 MHz
9 rpm1.50e-7 MHz
10 rpm1.67e-7 MHz
12 rpm2.00e-7 MHz
15 rpm2.50e-7 MHz
20 rpm3.33e-7 MHz
25 rpm4.17e-7 MHz
50 rpm8.33e-7 MHz
100 rpm0.000001667 MHz
200 rpm0.000003333 MHz
300 rpm0.000005 MHz
500 rpm0.000008333 MHz
1000 rpm0.00001667 MHz
2000 rpm0.00003333 MHz
5000 rpm0.00008333 MHz
10000 rpm0.0001667 MHz

What is a revolution per minute?

One turn a minute, so 60 rpm is 1 Hz. Engines, drills and hard drives are all rated in it: a 7,200 rpm drive spins at 120 Hz.

What is a megahertz?

A million hertz. FM radio sits at 88 to 108 MHz, and a processor clock was quoted here until the late 1990s.

How many megahertz are in a revolution per minute?

One revolution per minute is 1.6667 × 10^-8 megahertz. Going the other way, one megahertz is 60000000 revolutions per minute. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.

Every frequency unit here

The whole group — 6 units with their symbols and the size of each one in hertzs — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a revolution per minute.

Source: NIST Special Publication 811 — the hertz, and SI prefixes

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Questions people actually ask

How many megahertz are in a revolution per minute?
1.6667 × 10^-8. A million hertz. FM radio sits at 88 to 108 MHz, and a processor clock was quoted here until the late 1990s.
How do I convert megahertz back to revolutions per minute?
Divide by 1.6667 × 10^-8, or multiply by 60000000 — they are the same operation.

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Megahertz to revolutions per minute — the same conversion the other way.

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