68 is 5 percent of what number?
If you take 5 percent of a number and get 68, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 5 percent of a number is 68 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 68 by 100 and then divide the total by 5 as follows: (68 x 100) / 5
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1360
Therefore, the answer to "68 is 5 percent of what number?" is 1360, and you can also derive that 5 percent of 1360 equals 68.
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