99 minutes to hours
Understand the Problem
The question is asking to convert a duration given in minutes (99 minutes) into hours. To do this, we will divide the total minutes by 60, since there are 60 minutes in one hour.
Answer
1.65 hours
Answer for screen readers
The final answer is 1.65 hours
Steps to Solve
- Divide the total minutes by 60 to find hours
To convert minutes to hours, divide the total number of minutes by 60 since there are 60 minutes in an hour.
$$ \text{Hours} = \frac{\text{Total minutes}}{60} $$
- Perform the calculation
Substitute 99 for the total number of minutes and perform the division.
$$ \text{Hours} = \frac{99}{60} \approx 1.65 $$
The final answer is 1.65 hours
More Information
99 minutes is equivalent to 1.65 hours, which is 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Tips
A common mistake is to forget that you are converting from a smaller unit (minutes) to a larger unit (hours), and therefore you should divide, not multiply.
