542 is 1 percent of what number?
If you take 1 percent of a number and get 542, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 1 percent of a number is 542 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 542 by 100 and then divide the total by 1 as follows: (542 x 100) / 1
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
54200
Therefore, the answer to "542 is 1 percent of what number?" is 54200, and you can also derive that 1 percent of 54200 equals 542.
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