901 is 5 percent of what number? (5% of what number is 901?)

901 is 5 percent of what number?

"901 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 901. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "901 is 5 percent of what number (x)" like this:

5% of x = 901

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

= 901

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 5 to get the x = 18020. Therefore, the answer to 901 is 5 percent of what number? is:

18020

If we substitue "what number" in the question "901 is 5 percent of what number?" with 18020, we get this sentence: 901 is 5 percent of 18020. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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