713 is 5 percent of what number? (5% of what number is 713?)

713 is 5 percent of what number?

"713 is 5 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 5 percent of number (x), you will get 713. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "713 is 5 percent of what number (x)" like this:

5% of x = 713

To calculate 5 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		5 ∗ x
		100

= 713

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 5 to get the x = 14260. Therefore, the answer to 713 is 5 percent of what number? is:

14260

If we substitue "what number" in the question "713 is 5 percent of what number?" with 14260, we get this sentence: 713 is 5 percent of 14260. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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