47 times what equals 40?

47 times what equals 40? In other words, what do you multiply by 47 to get 40? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "47 times what equals 40?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

47 • x = 40

Which can be written as:

47x = 40

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 47 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 47.

47x/47 = 40/47

47x/47 is x and 40/47 is 0.8511 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.8511

Thus, the answer to "47 times what equals 40?" is 0.8511.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.8511 by 47 to see that it equals 40. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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