At first, to convert 278 minutes to hours and minutes, we have to convert 278 minutes into hours.
To change 278 minutes into its equivalent number of hours and leftover minutes, we first need to calculate the total hours component of the 278 minutes by performing division by the constant 60 minutes per hour.
278 minutes / 60 minutes
⇒ 278 minutes x 1/60 hours = 4.6333333333333 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 0.6333333333333 and convert it into minutes. In this case we need to convert 0.6333333333333 hours in minutes to calculate the remaining minutes. For this we need to muitiply 0.6333333333333 hours by 60 minutes.
0.6333333333333 hours X 60 minutes = 38 minutes
Hence, combining the values of hours and minutes calculated above, we can conclude that
278 minutes = 4 hours and 38 minutes
Therefore the final result for the query 278 minutes in hours and minutes is equivalent to 4 hours and 38 minutes.