272000 is 2 percent of what number?
If you take 2 percent of a number and get 272000, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 2 percent of a number is 272000 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 272000 by 100 and then divide the total by 2 as follows: (272000 x 100) / 2
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
13600000
Therefore, the answer to "272000 is 2 percent of what number?" is 13600000, and you can also derive that 2 percent of 13600000 equals 272000.
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