At first, to convert 944 minutes to hours and minutes, we have to convert 944 minutes into hours.
To change 944 minutes into its equivalent number of hours and leftover minutes, we first need to calculate the total hours component of the 944 minutes by performing division by the constant 60 minutes per hour.
944 minutes / 60 minutes
⇒ 944 minutes x 1/60 hours = 15.733333333333 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 15.
Therefore the number of hours = 15
Now we have to find out the remaining minutes. To acheive this we can simply take the decimal part 0.733333333333 and convert it into minutes. In this case we need to convert 0.733333333333 hours in minutes to calculate the remaining minutes. For this we need to muitiply 0.733333333333 hours by 60 minutes.
0.733333333333 hours X 60 minutes = 44 minutes
Hence, combining the values of hours and minutes calculated above, we can conclude that
944 minutes = 15 hours and 44 minutes
Therefore the final result for the query 944 minutes in hours and minutes is equivalent to 15 hours and 44 minutes.