Twelve times a number is 96. What is the number?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-14T18:08:36

The number is 8.

Finding the answer is not difficult, but how to write the math for it is quite important.

With a place holder:

$12 xx square = 96$

$12 xx 8 = 96$

As an equation:

$12 xx x = 96$

$x = 96/12$

$x = 8$

Answer 2 · 2017-06-07T16:32:35

8 is the number.

$x$ is going to represent the number. So let's start!

$x*12$ $=$ $96$

$x$ $=$ $96$ $*$ $1/12$ (Isolate $x$ )

$x$ $=$ $cancel96^8/1$ $*$ $1/cancel12^1$

$x$ $=$ $8$

So 8 is the number!

Reminder: Remember that $times$ and $*$ are both the same thing!

Check the answer:
$8$ $times$ $12$ $=96$

Yep, it's right!

I hope this helps!

-Moksha