490 is 60 percent of what number?
If you take 60 percent of a number and get 490, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 60 percent of a number is 490 and you want to know what that initial number is.
To solve this problem you multiply 490 by 100 and then divide the total by 60 as follows: (490 x 100) / 60
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
816.67
Therefore, the answer to "490 is 60 percent of what number?" is 816.67, and you can also derive that 60 percent of 816.67 equals 490.
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