144 is 45 percent of what number?
If you take 45 percent of a number and get 144, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 45 percent of a number is 144 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 144 by 100 and then divide the total by 45 as follows: (144 x 100) / 45
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
320
Therefore, the answer to "144 is 45 percent of what number?" is 320, and you can also derive that 45 percent of 320 equals 144.
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