498 is 25 percent of what number?
If you take 25 percent of a number and get 498, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 25 percent of a number is 498 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 498 by 100 and then divide the total by 25 as follows: (498 x 100) / 25
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1992
Therefore, the answer to "498 is 25 percent of what number?" is 1992, and you can also derive that 25 percent of 1992 equals 498.
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