Minutes to decimal hours

Payroll wants 7.75, your watch says 7 hours 45 minutes. Convert either way below, or use the full 0–59 minute chart.

Convert — change any field

e.g. 90
e.g. 1.5
e.g. 01:30
Decimal hours
1.50decimal hours
Hours & minutes
1h 30mhours and minutes
Minutes
90total minutes

The conversion, in one line

decimal hours = minutes ÷ 60   ·   minutes = decimal hours × 60

That is the whole rule. 45 minutes ÷ 60 = 0.75 hours; 0.4 hours × 60 = 24 minutes. Everything below is that same division, pre-computed so you do not have to reach for a calculator mid-timesheet.

Minutes to decimal hours chart

Every value from 0 to 59 minutes, rounded to two decimal places — the precision most payroll systems accept.

MinDec MinDec MinDec MinDec
00.00150.25300.50450.75
10.02160.27310.52460.77
20.03170.28320.53470.78
30.05180.30330.55480.80
40.07190.32340.57490.82
50.08200.33350.58500.83
60.10210.35360.60510.85
70.12220.37370.62520.87
80.13230.38380.63530.88
90.15240.40390.65540.90
100.17250.42400.67550.92
110.18260.43410.68560.93
120.20270.45420.70570.95
130.22280.47430.72580.97
140.23290.48440.73590.98

The values worth memorising

MinutesDecimalFraction of an hour
60.10one tenth
100.17one sixth
150.25quarter hour
200.33one third
300.50half hour
400.67two thirds
450.75three quarters
500.83five sixths
601.00a full hour

Why payroll wants decimals

Pay is hours multiplied by a rate, and you cannot multiply 7:45 by $18.50 without converting first. Decimal hours make the sum trivial: 7.75 × $18.50 = $143.38. That is why almost every payroll system, invoice template and spreadsheet asks for hours in decimal form.

It is also why the mistake below is so expensive. Writing 7 hours 45 minutes as 7.45 instead of 7.75 loses 18 minutes of pay every single time.

7.45 ≠ 7h 45m. Minutes are sixtieths of an hour, not hundredths. 7.45 hours is 7 hours and 27 minutes. The only minute values where the decimal looks like the minutes are 0 and 60.

Tenths of an hour

Law firms, agencies and many payroll systems bill in tenths of an hour — six-minute blocks. Each tenth is exactly 0.1 hours, which makes the mapping unusually clean:

Tenth0.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.91.0
Minutes6121824303642485460

If your employer rounds to tenths, the time card calculator and the weekly timesheet both have a 6-minute rounding option that matches.

Converting a full shift

To convert a whole day, add up the minutes first and divide once at the end — dividing each shift separately and adding the decimals invites rounding drift. For 8h 20m plus 4h 15m: (500 + 255) ÷ 60 = 12.58 hours, not 8.33 + 4.25 rounded twice.

Frequently asked questions

What is 45 minutes as a decimal?

0.75 hours. 45 ÷ 60 = 0.75.

What is 20 minutes in decimal hours?

0.33 hours. 20 ÷ 60 = 0.3333, usually written as 0.33.

What is 1.75 hours in hours and minutes?

1 hour and 45 minutes. Multiply the decimal part by 60: 0.75 × 60 = 45.

Why is 7 hours 45 minutes written as 7.75 and not 7.45?

Because there are 60 minutes in an hour, not 100. 45 minutes is 45/60 = 0.75 of an hour. Writing 7.45 would mean 7 hours and 27 minutes.

How do I convert decimal hours back to minutes?

Multiply by 60. 3.4 hours × 60 = 204 minutes, which is 3 hours and 24 minutes.

What is a tenth of an hour?

Six minutes. Billing in tenths means rounding every entry to the nearest 6 minutes, so 0.1 is 6 minutes, 0.5 is 30 minutes and 1.0 is a full hour.

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