32 is 40% of what number?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-15T08:28:32

$80$

if $32 " is " 40%$

Then what number ? is $100%$ ?

Ans = $100/40xx32$

$= 5 xx 16$

$= 80$

$therefore 32 = 40% " of " 80$

Answer 2 · 2018-03-15T08:49:00

$80$

Percentages can always be written as a direct proportion:

$32$ is to $40%$ as what number is to $100%$ ?

$32/40 = x/100" "(larr"number")/(larr"percent")$

$x= (32xx100)/40$

$x = 80$

You can also write an equation and solve it:

Let the unknown number be $x$ .

$40%$ of that number is equal to $32$

$40/100 xx x = 32$

$x = 32 xx40/100$

$x = 80$