481 is 20 percent of what number? (20% of what number is 481?)

481 is 20 percent of what number?

"481 is 20 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 20 percent of number (x), you will get 481. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "481 is 20 percent of what number (x)" like this:

20% of x = 481

To calculate 20 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 20 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		20 ∗ x
		100

= 481

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 20 to get the x = 2405. Therefore, the answer to 481 is 20 percent of what number? is:

2405

If we substitue "what number" in the question "481 is 20 percent of what number?" with 2405, we get this sentence: 481 is 20 percent of 2405. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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