140 is 40 percent of what number?
If you take 40 percent of a number and get 140, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 40 percent of a number is 140 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 140 by 100 and then divide the total by 40 as follows: (140 x 100) / 40
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
350
Therefore, the answer to "140 is 40 percent of what number?" is 350, and you can also derive that 40 percent of 350 equals 140.
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