18 times what equals 56?

18 times what equals 56? In other words, what do you multiply by 18 to get 56? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "18 times what equals 56?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

18 • x = 56

Which can be written as:

18x = 56

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 18 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 18.

18x/18 = 56/18

18x/18 is x and 56/18 is 3.1111 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 3.1111

Thus, the answer to "18 times what equals 56?" is 3.1111.

To double-check our work, multiply 3.1111 by 18 to see that it equals 56. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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