56 times what equals 21?

56 times what equals 21? In other words, what do you multiply by 56 to get 21? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "56 times what equals 21?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

56 • x = 21

Which can be written as:

56x = 21

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 56 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 56.

56x/56 = 21/56

56x/56 is x and 21/56 is 0.375 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.375

Thus, the answer to "56 times what equals 21?" is 0.375.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.375 by 56 to see that it equals 21. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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