903 is 15 percent of what number? (15% of what number is 903?)

903 is 15 percent of what number?

"903 is 15 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 15 percent of number (x), you will get 903. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "903 is 15 percent of what number (x)" like this:

15% of x = 903

To calculate 15 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 15 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		15 ∗ x
		100

= 903

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 15 to get the x = 6020. Therefore, the answer to 903 is 15 percent of what number? is:

6020

If we substitue "what number" in the question "903 is 15 percent of what number?" with 6020, we get this sentence: 903 is 15 percent of 6020. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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