125 is 28 percent of what number?


"125 is 28 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 28 percent of number (x), you will get 125. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "125 is 28 percent of what number (x)" like this:

28% of x = 125

To calculate 28 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 28 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

   
28 ∗ x
 
   
100
  =  125  

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 28 to get the x = 446.43. Therefore, the answer to 125 is 28 percent of what number? is:

446.43


If we substitue "what number" in the question "125 is 28 percent of what number?" with 446.43, we get this sentence: 125 is 28 percent of 446.43. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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