456 is 26 percent of what number? (26% of what number is 456?)

456 is 26 percent of what number?

"456 is 26 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 26 percent of number (x), you will get 456. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "456 is 26 percent of what number (x)" like this:

26% of x = 456

To calculate 26 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 26 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		26 ∗ x
		100

= 456

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 26 to get the x = 1753.85. Therefore, the answer to 456 is 26 percent of what number? is:

1753.85

If we substitue "what number" in the question "456 is 26 percent of what number?" with 1753.85, we get this sentence: 456 is 26 percent of 1753.85. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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