966 is 13 percent of what number? (13% of what number is 966?)

966 is 13 percent of what number?

"966 is 13 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 13 percent of number (x), you will get 966. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "966 is 13 percent of what number (x)" like this:

13% of x = 966

To calculate 13 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 13 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		13 ∗ x
		100

= 966

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 13 to get the x = 7430.77. Therefore, the answer to 966 is 13 percent of what number? is:

7430.77

If we substitue "what number" in the question "966 is 13 percent of what number?" with 7430.77, we get this sentence: 966 is 13 percent of 7430.77. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

Percent Of What Number
Submit another "a is b percent of what number?" problem for us to explain and solve.

967 is 13 percent of what number?
Here is a similar problem that we have answered for you.