55 is 27 percent of what number? (27% of what number is 55?)

55 is 27 percent of what number?

"55 is 27 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 27 percent of number (x), you will get 55. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "55 is 27 percent of what number (x)" like this:

27% of x = 55

To calculate 27 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 27 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		27 ∗ x
		100

= 55

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 27 to get the x = 203.7. Therefore, the answer to 55 is 27 percent of what number? is:

203.7

If we substitue "what number" in the question "55 is 27 percent of what number?" with 203.7, we get this sentence: 55 is 27 percent of 203.7. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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