---

If you take 20 percent of a number and get 118, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 20 percent of a number is 118 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 118 by 100 and then divide the total by 20 as follows: (118 x 100) / 20

When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:

590


Therefore, the answer to "118 is 20 percent of what number?" is 590, and you can also derive that 20 percent of 590 equals 118.

---

What Number Calculator
Enter another problem below for us to solve:

is percent of what number?

119 is 20 percent of what number?
Here is the next problem we solved for you.

Note that the answer on this page is rounded to the nearest two decimals if necessary.

---

Copyright  |   Privacy Policy  |   Disclaimer  |   Contact