3 is 60 percent of what number?
If you take 60 percent of a number and get 3, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 60 percent of a number is 3 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 3 by 100 and then divide the total by 60 as follows: (3 x 100) / 60
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
5
Therefore, the answer to "3 is 60 percent of what number?" is 5, and you can also derive that 60 percent of 5 equals 3.
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