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How many minutes are in 3.5 hours?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step word problems video lesson with captions. Final answer: 210 minutes.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

Steps on screen

1. The problem
Worked example
How many minutes are in 3.5 hours?
2. Step by step
1. Conversion factor
2. Multiply
3. The answer
$\text{210 minutes}$
210 minutes
4. Check
- 210 ÷ 60 = 3.5 ✓

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: How many minutes are in 3.5 hours? Convert 3.5 hours to minutes.

Step by step. Conversion factor. 1 hour equals 60 minutes. Multiply. 3.5 times 60 equals 210.

The answer. So the answer is 210 minutes. Convert 3.5 hours to minutes.

Check. 210 divided by 60 equals 3.5, which checks out.

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How many minutes are in 3.5 hours?: Word problems Lesson