138 is 60 percent of what number?
If you take 60 percent of a number and get 138, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 60 percent of a number is 138 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 138 by 100 and then divide the total by 60 as follows: (138 x 100) / 60
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
230
Therefore, the answer to "138 is 60 percent of what number?" is 230, and you can also derive that 60 percent of 230 equals 138.
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