265 is 8 percent of what number?
If you take 8 percent of a number and get 265, then what is that number? In other words, you know that 8 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 8 as follows: (265 x 100) / 8
When we put that into our calculator, we get the following answer:
3312.5
Therefore, the answer to "265 is 8 percent of what number?" is 3312.5, and you can also derive that 8 percent of 3312.5 equals 265.
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