57 times what equals 36?

57 times what equals 36? In other words, what do you multiply by 57 to get 36? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "57 times what equals 36?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

57 • x = 36

Which can be written as:

57x = 36

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 57 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 57.

57x/57 = 36/57

57x/57 is x and 36/57 is 0.6316 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.6316

Thus, the answer to "57 times what equals 36?" is 0.6316.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.6316 by 57 to see that it equals 36. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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