Convert Minute to Second
1 minute = 60 second (s). For example, 10 minute = 600 second and 100 minute = 6,000 second. Type any value below to convert minute to second both ways — it runs entirely in your browser.
Quick answer: Minute to Second
1 Minute = 60 Second (min → s). To convert minute to second, multiply by 60. To convert second to minute, multiply by 0.01666667. The converter at the top does this instantly and both ways; the sections below give the formula, worked examples, a full conversion chart and answers to the most common minute-to-second questions.
How to convert Minute to Second
To convert minute to second, multiply the number of minute by the conversion factor 60, because 1 min = 60 s. The conversion is linear, so the same factor works for any value — whole numbers, decimals or fractions. For the reverse direction, 1 s = 0.01666667 min, so you divide by 60 (or multiply by 0.01666667) to turn second back into minute.
s = min × 60 ·
min = s × 0.01666667
- Write down the value you want to convert, in minute.
- Multiply it by 60.
- The result is the same area/length/quantity expressed in second.
Minute to Second — worked examples
Each row shows the exact arithmetic so you can follow the conversion step by step. For example, 5 minute is 300 second because 5 min × 60 = 300 s.
| Minute | Calculation | Second |
|---|---|---|
| 1 min | 1 min × 60 = 60 s | 60 s |
| 2 min | 2 min × 60 = 120 s | 120 s |
| 3 min | 3 min × 60 = 180 s | 180 s |
| 5 min | 5 min × 60 = 300 s | 300 s |
| 7 min | 7 min × 60 = 420 s | 420 s |
| 10 min | 10 min × 60 = 600 s | 600 s |
| 12 min | 12 min × 60 = 720 s | 720 s |
| 15 min | 15 min × 60 = 900 s | 900 s |
| 20 min | 20 min × 60 = 1,200 s | 1,200 s |
| 25 min | 25 min × 60 = 1,500 s | 1,500 s |
| 50 min | 50 min × 60 = 3,000 s | 3,000 s |
| 100 min | 100 min × 60 = 6,000 s | 6,000 s |
Common Minute to Second conversions
These are the minute-to-second values people look up most often. Every figure is computed from the exact factor, so you can rely on them for quick reference:
- 1 minute = 60 second
- 2 minute = 120 second
- 2.5 minute = 150 second
- 3 minute = 180 second
- 4 minute = 240 second
- 5 minute = 300 second
- 6 minute = 360 second
- 7 minute = 420 second
- 8 minute = 480 second
- 9 minute = 540 second
- 10 minute = 600 second
- 12 minute = 720 second
- 15 minute = 900 second
- 20 minute = 1,200 second
- 25 minute = 1,500 second
- 30 minute = 1,800 second
- 50 minute = 3,000 second
- 75 minute = 4,500 second
- 100 minute = 6,000 second
- 200 minute = 12,000 second
- 500 minute = 30,000 second
- 1000 minute = 60,000 second
Minute to Second conversion chart (both directions)
The chart below converts minute to second and second to minute side by side, so it works whichever way you need. 1 minute = 60 second, and 1 second = 0.01666667 minute.
| Minute → Second | Second → Minute |
|---|---|
| 0.25 min = 15 s | 0.25 s = 0.004166667 min |
| 0.5 min = 30 s | 0.5 s = 0.008333333 min |
| 1 min = 60 s | 1 s = 0.01666667 min |
| 2 min = 120 s | 2 s = 0.03333333 min |
| 3 min = 180 s | 3 s = 0.05 min |
| 4 min = 240 s | 4 s = 0.06666667 min |
| 5 min = 300 s | 5 s = 0.08333333 min |
| 6 min = 360 s | 6 s = 0.1 min |
| 7 min = 420 s | 7 s = 0.1166667 min |
| 8 min = 480 s | 8 s = 0.1333333 min |
| 9 min = 540 s | 9 s = 0.15 min |
| 10 min = 600 s | 10 s = 0.1666667 min |
| 12 min = 720 s | 12 s = 0.2 min |
| 15 min = 900 s | 15 s = 0.25 min |
| 20 min = 1,200 s | 20 s = 0.3333333 min |
| 25 min = 1,500 s | 25 s = 0.4166667 min |
| 30 min = 1,800 s | 30 s = 0.5 min |
| 40 min = 2,400 s | 40 s = 0.6666667 min |
| 50 min = 3,000 s | 50 s = 0.8333333 min |
| 75 min = 4,500 s | 75 s = 1.25 min |
| 100 min = 6,000 s | 100 s = 1.666667 min |
| 150 min = 9,000 s | 150 s = 2.5 min |
| 200 min = 12,000 s | 200 s = 3.333333 min |
| 250 min = 15,000 s | 250 s = 4.166667 min |
| 500 min = 30,000 s | 500 s = 8.333333 min |
| 1000 min = 60,000 s | 1000 s = 16.66667 min |
Minute vs Second: which is bigger?
A minute is the larger unit: one minute equals 60 seconds. Put another way, you need 60 seconds to make a single minute.
What is a Minute? History, origin and usage
The minute comes from the Latin pars minuta prima, the first small part, the first sexagesimal division of the hour, a scheme inherited from Babylonian astronomy through Hellenistic astronomers. The base-60 counting that gives the minute its sixty seconds was passed down from the ancient Sumerians.
The minute is the common unit of short everyday durations: scheduling and appointments, cooking and timers, sports periods, and parking or transit intervals. It is small enough to be practical yet long enough to plan around.
The minute is divided into sixty seconds because of the ancient base-60 system, whose appeal was that sixty divides evenly by many numbers. A minute is not always exactly sixty seconds in civil timekeeping: a leap second can occasionally make the final minute of a UTC day last sixty-one seconds.
What is a Second? History, origin and usage
The second descends from the medieval Latin secunda pars minuta, the second small part, meaning the result of dividing the hour by sixty twice in the Babylonian-derived sexagesimal system. For most of history it was defined astronomically as a fraction of the day, until 1967 when the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures redefined it as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation from the caesium-133 atom.
The second is the SI base unit of time and the foundation of essentially all scientific measurement, timekeeping, navigation and telecommunications. Everyday stopwatches, timeouts and short durations are counted in seconds, while atomic clocks realise it for global systems like GPS.
The second is the most precisely realised of all the SI units, and several other units, including the metre, are now defined in terms of it. Modern optical atomic clocks already keep time far more accurately than the caesium standard that currently defines the second.
Convert 1 Minute to other units
It can help to see a minute next to the other units it is commonly compared with. One minute (min) is equal to:
| 1 Minute equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 60,000,000,000 ns | Nanosecond |
| 60,000,000 µs | Microsecond |
| 60,000 ms | Millisecond |
| 60 s | Second |
| 0.01666667 hr | Hour |
| 0.0006944444 day | Day |
| 0.00009920635 wk | Week |
Convert 1 Second to other units
One second (s) is equal to:
| 1 Second equals | Unit |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000,000 ns | Nanosecond |
| 1,000,000 µs | Microsecond |
| 1,000 ms | Millisecond |
| 0.01666667 min | Minute |
| 0.0002777778 hr | Hour |
| 0.00001157407 day | Day |
| 0.000001653439 wk | Week |
Tips for converting Minute to Second
- To go from minute to second, multiply by 60; to go back, divide by 60 (or multiply by 0.01666667).
- For a quick mental estimate, remember that 1 minute ≈ 60 second, so 10 minute ≈ 600 second.
- The converter above keeps full precision; the tables round for readability, so use the tool for exact figures.
- Both fields update live as you type — change either side to convert in that direction.
How to use this Minute to Second converter
Type a number into the Minute field and the equivalent in Second appears instantly — there is no “convert” button to press and nothing is sent to a server, so it works offline once the page has loaded and is safe for any data. You can also type into the Second field to convert the other way (second to minute). Use the swap control to flip the two units, and copy the result with a single click. Because the calculation runs in your browser with full floating-point precision, the converter is more exact than the rounded figures shown in the reference chart above — use the chart for quick look-ups and the tool for precise work.
Accuracy and method
Every figure on this page — the formula, the worked examples, the conversion chart and the “convert to other units” tables — is computed from a single verified conversion factor (1 min = 60 s), never copied from a hand-typed lookup table that could drift. That factor is derived from each unit’s definition in terms of a common base unit, and an automated check re-verifies all of the site’s factors on every update, so the numbers here stay correct over time. This matters for minute-to-second conversions because a small rounding error in a published table compounds quickly at larger quantities; computing from the exact factor avoids that.
Sources
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — the defining document for the SI, published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. It fixes the base unit that this conversion resolves to, which is why the factor here can be exact rather than approximate.
- NIST — Definitions of the SI base units — the US National Institute of Standards and Technology reference for the SI base units, used here as an independent cross-check on the base-unit definition.
Frequently asked questions
- How many second are in 1 minute?
- 1 minute = 60 second (s). To convert any number of minute to second, multiply by 60.
- How do I convert minute to second?
- Multiply the number of minute by 60. For example, 10 minute = 10 × 60 = 600 second, and 25 minute = 1,500 second.
- How many minute are in 1 second?
- 1 second = 0.01666667 minute. So to convert second back to minute, multiply by 0.01666667.
- What is the formula to convert minute to second?
- second = minute × 60. The reverse formula is minute = second × 0.01666667.
- How much is 100 minute in second?
- 100 minute = 6,000 second. (And 1000 minute = 60,000 second.)
- Which is bigger, a minute or a second?
- A minute is larger: 1 minute = 60 second.
- Is this minute to second converter accurate?
- Yes — every value is computed from the exact 60 s per min factor (not rounded look-up tables), and the factors are re-verified automatically on every update.
- Can I convert second to minute too?
- Yes. The converter works both ways — enter a value in either field. 1 second = 0.01666667 minute.