742 is 52 percent of what number?
If you take 52 percent of a number and get 742, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 52 percent of a number is 742 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 742 by 100 and then divide the total by 52 as follows: (742 x 100) / 52
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
1426.92
Therefore, the answer to "742 is 52 percent of what number?" is 1426.92, and you can also derive that 52 percent of 1426.92 equals 742.
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