252 is 60 percent of what number?
If you take 60 percent of a number and get 252, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 60 percent of a number is 252 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 252 by 100 and then divide the total by 60 as follows: (252 x 100) / 60
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
420
Therefore, the answer to "252 is 60 percent of what number?" is 420, and you can also derive that 60 percent of 420 equals 252.
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