What Divided By 3 Equals 27

Solving What Divided by 3 Equals 27

Here’s how you would set up this question as an equation:

$\frac{x}{3}=27$

The goal of the problem is to solve for $x$. To do this we need to change the equation so that $x$ is alone on one side of the equation. In this case, we can do that by multiplying both sides of the equation by $3$, resulting in this equation:

$x = 27 \times 3$

Then we simplify and find our answer:

$x = 81$

So, the answer to the question “What divided by $3$ equals $27$?” is $81$. To prove this, we can take the original problem:

$\frac{x}{3} = 27$

And insert $81$ in the place of $x$:

$\frac{81}{3} = 27$

Because this is true, the answer must be correct.

The following animation demonstrates the divide-by,