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Decimal Hours to Hours & Minutes Calculator
Convert decimal hours such as 7.75 into hours and minutes. See the formula and rounding to the nearest whole minute.
Your numbers
Use a decimal point, for example 7.5. Results update as you type.
Hours & minutes
7.75 decimal hours · nearest minute
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THE METHOD
How decimal hours become hours and minutes
Use a decimal point when entering hours. The result is rounded to a whole minute; keep the source precision when reconciling payroll. Decimal hours are a number, not a clock time.
A worked example
7.75 decimal hours × 60 = 465 minutes, which is 7 hours 45 minutes. 7.30 decimal hours means 7 hours 18 minutes, not 7 hours 30 minutes.
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GOOD TO KNOW
Common questions
Why is 7.50 equal to 7 hours 30 minutes?
The fractional part is half an hour. Half of 60 minutes is 30 minutes.
How are half minutes rounded?
A positive value exactly halfway between whole minutes rounds up. For example, 0.025 hours becomes 2 minutes.