304 is 33 percent of what number? (33% of what number is 304?)

304 is 33 percent of what number?

"304 is 33 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 33 percent of number (x), you will get 304. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "304 is 33 percent of what number (x)" like this:

33% of x = 304

To calculate 33 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 33 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		33 ∗ x
		100

= 304

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 33 to get the x = 921.21. Therefore, the answer to 304 is 33 percent of what number? is:

921.21

If we substitue "what number" in the question "304 is 33 percent of what number?" with 921.21, we get this sentence: 304 is 33 percent of 921.21. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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