15 times what equals 55?

15 times what equals 55? In other words, what do you multiply by 15 to get 55? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "15 times what equals 55?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

15 • x = 55

Which can be written as:

15x = 55

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 15 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 15.

15x/15 = 55/15

15x/15 is x and 55/15 is 3.6667 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 3.6667

Thus, the answer to "15 times what equals 55?" is 3.6667.

To double-check our work, multiply 3.6667 by 15 to see that it equals 55. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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