How many hours is 81 minutes?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking how to convert 81 minutes into hours. We will need to divide the total minutes by 60, as there are 60 minutes in an hour.
Answer
\( 1.35 \) hours
Answer for screen readers
The final answer is ( 1.35 ) hours.
Steps to Solve
- Setting up the division
To convert minutes into hours, we will divide the total minutes by the number of minutes in an hour, which is 60.
- Performing the calculation
We calculate the hours by performing the division: $$ \text{Hours} = \frac{81 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes/hour}} $$
- Calculating the result
Now we will perform the division: $$ \text{Hours} = 1.35 \text{ hours} $$
The final answer is ( 1.35 ) hours.
More Information
1.35 hours can also be expressed as 1 hour and 21 minutes, since 0.35 of an hour is about 21 minutes (0.35 * 60).
Tips
- A common mistake is to forget that there are 60 minutes in an hour, leading to incorrect calculations. Always remember to divide by 60.