31 times what equals 88?

31 times what equals 88? In other words, what do you multiply by 31 to get 88? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "31 times what equals 88?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

31 • x = 88

Which can be written as:

31x = 88

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 = 88/31

31x/31 is x and 88/31 is 2.8387 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 2.8387

Thus, the answer to "31 times what equals 88?" is 2.8387.

To double-check our work, multiply 2.8387 by 31 to see that it equals 88. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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