To convert 342 minutes to hours, we have to calculate equivalent hours for 342 minutes.
To change 342 minutes into its equivalent number of hours, we need to calculate the total hours of the 342 minutes by performing division by the constant 60 minutes per hour.
To calculate the resultant hours we will use the following standard time formula.
60 minutes = 1 Hour
⇒1 minute = 1/60 hours
⇒342 minutes = 1/60 hours X 342
⇒ 342 minutes = (342 / 60 ) hours
⇒ 342 x 1/60 hours = 5.7 hours [as 1 hour = 60 minutes]
Therefore the number of hours = 5.7
Hence, after converting 342 in hours as calculated above, we can conclude that
342 minutes ≈ 5.700 hours
Therefore the final result for the query 342 minutes to hours is equivalent to 5.700 hours. (approximately)