249 is 15 percent of what number? (15% of what number is 249?)

249 is 15 percent of what number?

"249 is 15 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 15 percent of number (x), you will get 249. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "249 is 15 percent of what number (x)" like this:

15% of x = 249

To calculate 15 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 15 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		15 ∗ x
		100

= 249

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 15 to get the x = 1660. Therefore, the answer to 249 is 15 percent of what number? is:

1660

If we substitue "what number" in the question "249 is 15 percent of what number?" with 1660, we get this sentence: 249 is 15 percent of 1660. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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