64 times what equals 72?

64 times what equals 72? In other words, what do you multiply by 64 to get 72? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "64 times what equals 72?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

64 • x = 72

Which can be written as:

64x = 72

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 64 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 64.

64x/64 = 72/64

64x/64 is x and 72/64 is 1.125 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 1.125

Thus, the answer to "64 times what equals 72?" is 1.125.

To double-check our work, multiply 1.125 by 64 to see that it equals 72. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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