1190 is 5 percent of what number?
If you take 5 percent of a number and get 1190, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 5 percent of a number is 1190 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 1190 by 100 and then divide the total by 5 as follows: (1190 x 100) / 5
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
23800
Therefore, the answer to "1190 is 5 percent of what number?" is 23800, and you can also derive that 5 percent of 23800 equals 1190.
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