Convert Seconds to Minutes
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Converting Seconds to Minutes
Converting seconds to minutes is a common time conversion used in sports, cooking, media playback, and any context where time needs to be expressed in a more manageable unit.
Mathematical Relationship
The mathematical relation between seconds and minutes is straightforward: 1 minute = 60 seconds. To convert seconds to minutes, divide the number of seconds by 60.
Common Conversion Values
| Seconds | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 30 | 0.5 |
| 60 | 1 |
| 90 | 1.5 |
| 120 | 2 |
| 300 | 5 |
Unit Definitions
Seconds
The second (symbol: s) is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom.
Minutes
A minute (symbol: min) is a unit of time equal to 60 seconds. It is 1/60 of an hour and 1/1440 of a day.
Historical Context
The second was originally defined as 1/86,400 of a mean solar day. The division into 60 seconds per minute comes from the ancient Babylonian sexagesimal (base-60) system, which was adopted by subsequent civilizations for timekeeping.