6 times what equals 72?

6 times what equals 72? In other words, what do you multiply by 6 to get 72? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "6 times what equals 72?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

6 • x = 72

Which can be written as:

6x = 72

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 6 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 6.

6x/6 = 72/6

6x/6 is x and 72/6 is 12 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 12

Thus, the answer to "6 times what equals 72?" is 12.

To double-check our work, multiply 12 by 6 to see that it equals 72. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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