13 times what equals 53?

13 times what equals 53? In other words, what do you multiply by 13 to get 53? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "13 times what equals 53?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

13 • x = 53

Which can be written as:

13x = 53

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 13 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 13.

13x/13 = 53/13

13x/13 is x and 53/13 is 4.0769 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 4.0769

Thus, the answer to "13 times what equals 53?" is 4.0769.

To double-check our work, multiply 4.0769 by 13 to see that it equals 53. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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