55 times what equals 15?

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

55 • x = 15

Which can be written as:

55x = 15

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 55 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 55.

55x/55 = 15/55

55x/55 is x and 15/55 is 0.2727 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.2727

Thus, the answer to "55 times what equals 15?" is 0.2727.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.2727 by 55 to see that it equals 15. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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