Let’s learn how to convert from hours to seconds! The procedure is very easy if we need to convert an integer number of hours, but it is much more problematic if the time expressed in hours is in the form of a decimal number! Here on this page, we will see both! Also below you will see two different methods how to convert from hours to seconds!
First Method To Convert Hours To Seconds
We will implement the first method for converting from hours to seconds in two different steps! The steps are described below:
- First, we multiply the numerical value of the hours by 60 (because an hour has exactly 60 minutes) and we will convert from hours to minutes!
- Then we will multiply the value obtained in minutes by 60 (because one minute has exactly 60 seconds), and we will get the final value in seconds!
Solved Examples h To s
The first method to convert from hours to seconds boils down to multiplying the original value in hours twice by the number 60. As you can see, the procedure is very easy! Check out the two solved examples below!
Example 1: Convert the value 2h to s (with h we denote hours and with s we denote seconds)!
First, we multiply the value in hour 2 by the number 60! This gives us the following entry:
2h x 60 = 120min
min is the minute mark! We multiply the obtained value in minutes again by the number 60 to get the final value in seconds!
120min x 60 = 7200s
We draw the conclusion that:
2h = 7200min
Let’s now consider an example in which the value in hours is a decimal number! To solve this example you must know how to multiply decimal numbers! Here is example 2 below:
Example 2: Convert the value 4.2h to s!
First, we multiply the value in hours 4.2 by the number 60! This gives us the following entry:
4.2h x 60 = 252min
We multiply the obtained value in minutes again by the number 60 to get the final value in seconds!
252min x 60 = 15120s
We draw the conclusion that:
4.2h = 15120min
Second Method To Convert Hours To Seconds
The second method for converting from hours to seconds contains only one step!
We multiply the given numerical value in hours by the number 3600 (because one hour has 3600 seconds, 60min x 60s), and we immediately get the final value in seconds.
Using the second methodology, the third example below is solved! We recommend that you also consider this third example!
Example 3: Convert the value 5.45 hours to seconds!
We immediately multiply the numerical value in hours by the number 3600, and the final product shows us the value of the time interval in seconds! The calculation looks like this:
5.45h = 5.45 x 3600 = 19620s
From the calculation, it is seen that in 5.45 hours there are exactly 19620 seconds in total!
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