Fraction of an hour to minutes
0.71 of an Hour in Minutes
42.6 minutes
0.71 × 60 = 42.6 minutes (42 min 36 s)
- Seconds2556
- Minutes and seconds42 min 36 s
- Nearest whole minute43
- Percent of an hour71%
Where 0.71 sits in the hour
- exact position
- nearest tenth
- nearest quarter
Rounded on a payroll system
Nearest minute43 min+0.4 min
Tenth of an hour0.7 h−0.6 min
Quarter hour0.75 h+2.4 min
Tenth-hour and quarter-hour rounding pull 0.71 in opposite directions: 0.7 h against 0.75 h, 3 minutes apart for the same time worked.
Which punches show as 0.71
40 min0.67
41 min0.68
42 min0.70
43 min0.72
44 min0.73
45 min0.75
46 min0.77
No whole minute lands on 0.71, so it never comes straight off a punch clock.
Worth at your hourly rate
0.71 hours × $20.00/h = $14.20
Payroll multiplies the decimal hours, not the minutes, by the rate.