969 is 30 percent of what number? (30% of what number is 969?)

969 is 30 percent of what number?

"969 is 30 percent of what number?" is a word problem where the answer is a number. Specifically, if you calculate 30 percent of number (x), you will get 969. Thus, you can illustrate the problem "969 is 30 percent of what number (x)" like this:

30% of x = 969

To calculate 30 percent of a number, we multiply the number by 30 and then divide by 100. Therefore, we can make the following function:

		30 ∗ x
		100

= 969

To solve for x, we first multiply both sides by 100 and then divide both sides by 30 to get the x = 3230. Therefore, the answer to 969 is 30 percent of what number? is:

3230

If we substitue "what number" in the question "969 is 30 percent of what number?" with 3230, we get this sentence: 969 is 30 percent of 3230. Since this statement is true, we know that our answer is correct.

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