48 is 40% of what number?

Answer 1

(0.4)x - 48

x = 480/4

x = 120

Answer 2

Let the desired number be x. then,
40% of x =48. Or (40/100) x =48 OR (2/5) x =48
This leads to x = 48*5/2 = 120 Answer.

Answer 3

48=40%*X
or X=48/40%
X=48/0.40

X=120
48 is 40% of 120.

Answer 4

48 + 48 + 24= 120






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Answer 5

you can write 48/x= 40/100

hence x = 48*100/40 = 120

Answer 6

48 divided by 40 = 1.2
1.2 times 100 = 120

Answer 7

Let the number = a

=> 48 = (40/100) * a

a = (48*100)/40
a = 120

Answer 8

When you see something like this and %'s are less than 100%, expect a number bigger than the given number 48. The reason this is important is to give you confidence (if you do not know whether to multiply or divide).

Also, "of what number" means you MULTIPLY something with 0.40, Or, .

0.40x = 48
solve for x and you get 120. 120 is bigger than 48 so you're confident that the answer is correct.

Answer 9

If you're serious about this, I suggest you study aldo's response. Anyhow, at least realise that you're going to get an answer over twice what you started with.

Now then. Just divide 4 into 48. That's 12. But you're talking percents, so you really should have divided .40 into 48 (the zero doesn't matter). That's okay. Move the decimal point one place to the right, and there you are.

Answer 10

Convert 40% to decimal

Divide 40by 100 to get the decimal

40 / 100 = 0.4

Divide 48 by the decimal

48 / 0.4 = 120

The answer is 120

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Answer 11

First, remember that in these problem, of means multiply and is means equals. So, you'd have this equation: 48=40/100xWN. Although, it makes it a whole lot easier to switch the sides of your equation, getting, 40/100xWN=48 (WN stands for "what number").
Now, to solve this you'd do this. You'd go, 100/40x40/100WN= 100/40x48, since what you do to one side of the equation you do to the other side. Then, the 100's and 40's cancel out on the left side of the equation, therefore you get WN=100/40x48. Now, you simplify 100/40. First, since there is atleast one zero in both the numerator and denominator, you can cancel one out. If there were atleast two in each, you could cancel two out. But that's not the case here. By canceling one out on each, you get 10/4, which equals 5/2. Now we have WN=5/2x48. Now, we cross divide (we can, since we're multiplying two fractions) the 2 and 48 by two (we divide by the highest number that is divisible in both the numbers you're dividing in cross division) and get WN=5/1x24. Dividing the two by two, I got one, and dividing the 48 by two, I got 24. Then you multiply 5 by 24, which is 120, and since 120/1=120, WN=120. Therefore, 120 is your answer.
There you go. I'm glad I could help. :)