2700 is 27 percent of what number?
If you take 27 percent of a number and get 2700, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 27 percent of a number is 2700 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 2700 by 100 and then divide the total by 27 as follows: (2700 x 100) / 27
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
10000
Therefore, the answer to "2700 is 27 percent of what number?" is 10000, and you can also derive that 27 percent of 10000 equals 2700.
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