740 is 4 percent of what number?
If you take 4 percent of a number and get 740, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 4 percent of a number is 740 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 740 by 100 and then divide the total by 4 as follows: (740 x 100) / 4
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
18500
Therefore, the answer to "740 is 4 percent of what number?" is 18500, and you can also derive that 4 percent of 18500 equals 740.
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