Weighted averages are used often in investing. It's basically how we measure the performance of our respective portfolios. In fact, the S&P 500 index is the weighted average performance of the 500 largest companies on the major U.S. stock exchanges by market capitalization.
To convert minutes in decimal format to a proper Excel time, just divide by 1440. For example, if you have a number that represents minutes in cell A1, use: If A1 contains the number 360 (representing 360 minutes) then the result will be 360/1440 = .25, since 360 minutes = 6 hours = 1/4 day.To see the result formatted in a normal time format, you'll need to change the number format to a time format.or example, if you have a number that represents minutes in cell A1, use: If A1 contains the number 360 (representing 360 minutes) then the result will be 360/1440 = .25, since 360 minutes = 6 hours = 1/4 day. To see the result formatted in a normal time format, you'll need to change the number format to a time format.
To convert the returned values to hours, you divide minutes by 60 (the number of minutes in one hour) and seconds by 360 (the number of seconds in an hour). For example, if a cell contains the time value of 6:30 AM, both formulas will return 6.5 because 6 hours and 30 minutes is equal to 6.5 hours.