261 is 10 percent of what number? (10% of what number is 261?)

261 is 10 percent of what number?

"261 is 10 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 10 percent of number (x), you will get 261. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "261 is 10 percent of what number (x)" like this:

10% of x = 261

To calculate 10 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 10 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		10 ∗ x
		100

= 261

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 10 to get the x = 2610. Therefore, the answer to 261 is 10 percent of what number? is:

2610

If we substitue "what number" in the question "261 is 10 percent of what number?" with 2610, we get this sentence: 261 is 10 percent of 2610. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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