Fraction of an hour to minutes
0.42 of an Hour in Minutes
25.2 minutes
0.42 × 60 = 25.2 minutes (25 min 12 s)
- Seconds1512
- Minutes and seconds25 min 12 s
- Nearest whole minute25
- Percent of an hour42%
Where 0.42 sits in the hour
- exact position
- nearest tenth
- nearest quarter
Rounded on a payroll system
Nearest minute25 min−0.2 min
Tenth of an hour0.4 h−1.2 min
Quarter hour0.50 h+4.8 min
Tenth-hour and quarter-hour rounding pull 0.42 in opposite directions: 0.4 h against 0.50 h, 6 minutes apart for the same time worked.
Which punches show as 0.42
22 min0.37
23 min0.38
24 min0.40
25 min0.42
26 min0.43
27 min0.45
28 min0.47
A time clock that stores hundredths turns 25 minutes into 0.42.
Worth at your hourly rate
0.42 hours × $20.00/h = $8.40
Payroll multiplies the decimal hours, not the minutes, by the rate.