5980 is 10 percent of what number?
If you take 10 percent of a number and get 5980, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 10 percent of a number is 5980 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 5980 by 100 and then divide the total by 10 as follows: (5980 x 100) / 10
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
59800
Therefore, the answer to "5980 is 10 percent of what number?" is 59800, and you can also derive that 10 percent of 59800 equals 5980.
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