215 is 1 percent of what number?
If you take 1 percent of a number and get 215, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 1 percent of a number is 215 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 215 by 100 and then divide the total by 1 as follows: (215 x 100) / 1
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
21500
Therefore, the answer to "215 is 1 percent of what number?" is 21500, and you can also derive that 1 percent of 21500 equals 215.
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