957 is 11 percent of what number? (11% of what number is 957?)

957 is 11 percent of what number?

"957 is 11 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 11 percent of number (x), you will get 957. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "957 is 11 percent of what number (x)" like this:

11% of x = 957

To calculate 11 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 11 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		11 ∗ x
		100

= 957

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 11 to get the x = 8700. Therefore, the answer to 957 is 11 percent of what number? is:

8700

If we substitue "what number" in the question "957 is 11 percent of what number?" with 8700, we get this sentence: 957 is 11 percent of 8700. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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