632 is 10 percent of what number? (10% of what number is 632?)

632 is 10 percent of what number?

"632 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 632. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "632 is 10 percent of what number (x)" like this:

10% of x = 632

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

= 632

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 10 to get the x = 6320. Therefore, the answer to 632 is 10 percent of what number? is:

6320

If we substitue "what number" in the question "632 is 10 percent of what number?" with 6320, we get this sentence: 632 is 10 percent of 6320. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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