159 is 10 percent of what number?
If you take 10 percent of a number and get 159, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 10 percent of a number is 159 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 159 by 100 and then divide the total by 10 as follows: (159 x 100) / 10
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1590
Therefore, the answer to "159 is 10 percent of what number?" is 1590, and you can also derive that 10 percent of 1590 equals 159.
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