Converting Seconds to Minutes
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Objective
I can convert units of time from seconds to minutes.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
To convert minutes to seconds, you multiply the number of minutes by 60. For example, 5 minutes is equal to 300 seconds.
- 2
One hour is equal to 60 minutes, and to find the total seconds in an hour, you multiply 60 minutes by 60 seconds, which equals 3,600 seconds.
- 3
The video explains that by definition, a second is 1/60 of a minute.
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Practice
11 questions
What is the fundamental relationship between a minute and a second?
How many seconds are in 1 minute?
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Exit ticket
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“Convert 480 seconds into minutes. Show your work.”
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