57 times what equals 38?

57 times what equals 38? In other words, what do you multiply by 57 to get 38? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "57 times what equals 38?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

57 • x = 38

Which can be written as:

57x = 38

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 = 38/57

57x/57 is x and 38/57 is 0.6667 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.6667

Thus, the answer to "57 times what equals 38?" is 0.6667.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.6667 by 57 to see that it equals 38. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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