31 times what equals 42?

31 times what equals 42? In other words, what do you multiply by 31 to get 42? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "31 times what equals 42?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

31 • x = 42

Which can be written as:

31x = 42

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 31 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 31.

31x/31 = 42/31

31x/31 is x and 42/31 is 1.3548 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 1.3548

Thus, the answer to "31 times what equals 42?" is 1.3548.

To double-check our work, multiply 1.3548 by 31 to see that it equals 42. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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