695 is 27 percent of what number? (27% of what number is 695?)

695 is 27 percent of what number?

"695 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 695. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "695 is 27 percent of what number (x)" like this:

27% of x = 695

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

= 695

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 27 to get the x = 2574.07. Therefore, the answer to 695 is 27 percent of what number? is:

2574.07

If we substitue "what number" in the question "695 is 27 percent of what number?" with 2574.07, we get this sentence: 695 is 27 percent of 2574.07. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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