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If you take 53 percent of a number and get 265, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 53 percent of a number is 265 and you want to know what that initial number is.

To solve this problem you multiply 265 by 100 and then divide the total by 53 as follows: (265 x 100) / 53

When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:

500


Therefore, the answer to "265 is 53 percent of what number?" is 500, and you can also derive that 53 percent of 500 equals 265.

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