67 is 28 percent of what number? (28% of what number is 67?)

67 is 28 percent of what number?

"67 is 28 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 28 percent of number (x), you will get 67. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "67 is 28 percent of what number (x)" like this:

28% of x = 67

To calculate 28 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 28 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		28 ∗ x
		100

= 67

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 28 to get the x = 239.29. Therefore, the answer to 67 is 28 percent of what number? is:

239.29

If we substitue "what number" in the question "67 is 28 percent of what number?" with 239.29, we get this sentence: 67 is 28 percent of 239.29. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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