87 times what equals 12?

87 times what equals 12? In other words, what do you multiply by 87 to get 12? If "x" is "what" in the sentence, "87 times what equals 12?", then the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

87 • x = 12

Which can be written as:

87x = 12

To solve the equation above, we need to remove the 87 on the left side to make the x alone. To do that, we divide both sides by 87.

87x/87 = 12/87

87x/87 is x and 12/87 is 0.1379 which means our equation will look like this:

x = 0.1379

Thus, the answer to "87 times what equals 12?" is 0.1379.

To double-check our work, multiply 0.1379 by 87 to see that it equals 12. (Note that our answer on this page is rounded to 4 digits if necessary.)

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