A boy was asked to multiply a number by 53

.A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. Instead he divided it by 53 and got his answer to be less than the correct one by 5616. The number to be multiplied was

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

"The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence"