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title: "Hours and Minutes to Decimal Hours Calculator | MCC"
description: "Convert hours and minutes to decimal hours for payroll and invoices, or decimal hours back to hours and minutes. Free and private."
url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/bookkeeping/hours-and-minutes-to-decimal-calculator"
---

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# Hours and minutes to decimal hours

Payroll and invoices often need time as a decimal, such as 7.75 hours. Convert in either direction.

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Hours

Minutes

Decimal hours to convert back (optional)

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How it works

## How it works

Decimal hours = hours + minutes divided by 60. To go back, the whole part is the hours and the fraction times 60 is the minutes. Leave the decimal box at 0 if you only want the first conversion.

FAQ

## About this calculator

**Why does 7:30 equal 7.5?**

Thirty minutes is half an hour, and half of 1 is 0.5.

**How do I convert 15 minutes?**

15 divided by 60 is 0.25 hours.

**Should I round?**

Follow your payroll or billing policy. This calculator shows the unrounded value to four decimal places.

**Is anything saved?**

No. The math runs in your browser and nothing you enter is sent to us.

Read the guide: [How to Convert Hours and Minutes to Decimal Hours](/tools/guides/how-to-convert-hours-and-minutes-to-decimal). Related: [time card calculator](/bookkeeping/time-card-calculator), [freelance hourly rate calculator](/bookkeeping/freelance-hourly-rate-calculator), [decimal hours to minutes converter](/tools/decimal-hours-to-minutes-converter), [payroll time rounding calculator](/tools/payroll-time-rounding-calculator). See [all free tools](/free-tools). More free tools: [1099-K reconciliation calculator](/bookkeeping/1099-k-reconciliation-calculator), [Current ratio calculator](/bookkeeping/current-ratio-calculator), [Debt service coverage ratio calculator](/bookkeeping/debt-service-coverage-ratio-calculator), or [see all free tools](/free-tools).

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### Timesheet and Pay Workbook

Time in and time out become decimal hours, the overtime split and gross pay for each person, for a one or two-week pay period.

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