8 times what equals 47?

8 times what equals 47? In other words, what do you multiply by 8 to get 47? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "8 times what equals 47?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

8 • x = 47

Which can be written as:

8x = 47

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 8 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 8.

8x/8 = 47/8

8x/8 is x and 47/8 is 5.875 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 5.875

Thus, the answer to "8 times what equals 47?" is 5.875.

To double-check our work, multiply 5.875 by 8 to see that it equals 47. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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