At first, to convert 272 minutes to hours and minutes, we have to convert 272 minutes into hours.
To change 272 minutes into its equivalent number of hours and leftover minutes, we first need to calculate the total hours component of the 272 minutes by performing division by the constant 60 minutes per hour.
272 minutes / 60 minutes
⇒ 272 minutes x 1/60 hours = 4.5333333333333 hours [as 1 minute = 1/60 hours]
Now from the above number we come to know that the whole number part which is in the left side of the decimal point is the number of hours which is 4.
Therefore the number of hours = 4
Now we have to find out the remaining minutes. To acheive this we can simply take the decimal part 0.5333333333333 and convert it into minutes. In this case we need to convert 0.5333333333333 hours in minutes to calculate the remaining minutes. For this we need to muitiply 0.5333333333333 hours by 60 minutes.
0.5333333333333 hours X 60 minutes = 32 minutes
Hence, combining the values of hours and minutes calculated above, we can conclude that
272 minutes = 4 hours and 32 minutes
Therefore the final result for the query 272 minutes in hours and minutes is equivalent to 4 hours and 32 minutes.