85 times what equals 56?

85 times what equals 56? In other words, what do you multiply by 85 to get 56? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "85 times what equals 56?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

85 • x = 56

Which can be written as:

85x = 56

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 85 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 85.

85x/85 = 56/85

85x/85 is x and 56/85 is 0.6588 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.6588

Thus, the answer to "85 times what equals 56?" is 0.6588.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.6588 by 85 to see that it equals 56. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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