If I remember right, each column can only go up to 60. so add up to seconds, anything over 60 stays and 1 carries over to the minutes. add those up, anything over 60 stays, and 1 carries over to degrees. then add those.
.3 represents 30 precent, so multiply 540 by .3 to get your awnser this is because the .3 is less than one so the multiplying will not raise the number but lower it to 162