742 is 25 percent of what number?
If you take 25 percent of a number and get 742, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 25 percent of a number is 742 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 742 by 100 and then divide the total by 25 as follows: (742 x 100) / 25
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
2968
Therefore, the answer to "742 is 25 percent of what number?" is 2968, and you can also derive that 25 percent of 2968 equals 742.
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