1 minute = 60 s
1 min = 60 s · type math like (12*4)+6.5
Minutes to seconds is used in sport timing, cooking and video editing. Interval training plans, lap times and microwave instructions often need converting into seconds.
Interval training plans often mix minutes and seconds. A session of 8 × 1.5 minute intervals totals 12 minutes, which is 720 seconds of work. Many sports watches require entries in seconds, so converting saves time when programming a workout.
Cooking and microwaves use both units. A recipe that says microwave for 2.5 minutes means 150 seconds, and many microwaves need you to type 2:30, not 2.5. Typing 250 by mistake would run for 2 minutes 50 seconds.
Video editing works in seconds and frames. A 3 minute music video is 180 seconds, or 5,400 frames at 30 frames per second.
Sports timing also uses this. A 400 m runner who finishes in 0.75 minutes has run 45 seconds, close to elite times.
Public speaking limits are another case: a 5 minute talk is 300 seconds, and a 90 second elevator pitch is 1.5 minutes.
Science experiments and lab protocols often state times in minutes, while instruments log them in seconds. A centrifuge run of 15 minutes is 900 seconds, and a 2.5 minute incubation is 150 seconds. Getting the unit right avoids ruined samples.
Programming uses seconds for timeouts and cache durations. A web session that expires after 30 minutes needs a value of 1,800 seconds, and a 5 minute cache needs 300. Entering 30 instead of 1,800 makes a session expire after only half a minute.
Football and basketball game clocks run in minutes and seconds. A 12 minute NBA quarter is 720 seconds, and a 90 minute football match is 5,400 seconds of regulation time.
Fitness apps for high-intensity interval training often show durations in seconds. A Tabata round of 4 minutes is 240 seconds, made up of eight 20 second work periods and eight 10 second rests. Converting helps when building custom timers.
Speed puzzles and esports track times in seconds. A Rubik's Cube solve of 1.5 minutes is 90 seconds, while the world record is under 4 seconds.
Broadcast advertising is sold in seconds: a 1 minute advert is 60 seconds and a 30 second spot is half a minute.
To check, the seconds figure is always exactly 60 times the minute figure. 7 minutes is 420 seconds and 0.25 minutes is 15 seconds. If you converted 2.5 minutes and got 250 seconds, you used base 100. For mm:ss times such as 3:20, convert the minutes, then add the seconds: 3 × 60 + 20 = 200 seconds. This method avoids decimals entirely.
s = min × 60
Reverse: 1 s = 0.016666667 min.
Convert 4.5 minutes to seconds.
Answer: 4.5 min = 270 s.
| min | s |
|---|---|
| ¼ min | 15 s |
| ½ min | 30 s |
| ¾ min | 45 s |
| 1 min | 60 s |
| 2 min | 120 s |
| 3 min | 180 s |
| 4 min | 240 s |
| 5 min | 300 s |
| 6 min | 360 s |
| 7 min | 420 s |
| 8 min | 480 s |
| 9 min | 540 s |
| 10 min | 600 s |
| 11 min | 660 s |
| 12 min | 720 s |
| 13 min | 780 s |
| min | s |
|---|---|
| 14 min | 840 s |
| 15 min | 900 s |
| 16 min | 960 s |
| 17 min | 1 020 s |
| 18 min | 1 080 s |
| 19 min | 1 140 s |
| 20 min | 1 200 s |
| 25 min | 1 500 s |
| 30 min | 1 800 s |
| 40 min | 2 400 s |
| 50 min | 3 000 s |
| 75 min | 4 500 s |
| 100 min | 6 000 s |
| 250 min | 15 000 s |
| 500 min | 30 000 s |
| 1 000 min | 60 000 s |
A 4.5 minute mile is 270 seconds.
A 2 minute plank is 120 seconds.
3.5 minutes is 210 seconds.
0.5 min is 30 seconds, so 4.5 min is 4:30.
There are 60 seconds in a minute.
UTC occasionally adds a leap second, but ordinary conversions always use 60.
A minute is exactly 60 seconds.
Origin. From the Latin pars minuta prima, the first small part, reflecting Babylonian base-60 arithmetic.
Used today. Durations of tasks and events.
The SI base unit of time, defined since 1967 as 9,192,631,770 oscillations of the caesium-133 atom's hyperfine transition.
Origin. From pars minuta secunda, the second small division of the hour.
Used today. Timing races, video frames and science.
600 seconds.
75 seconds.
225 seconds.
3,600 seconds.