Question

80% of which number equals 3000?

Answer 1

let the number be x
80/100 × x = 3000
x = 3000×100/80
x =3750

Answer 2

The number is 3750

Given : The 80% of the said number is equal to 3000.

To find : The said number.

Solution :

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process. (our goal is to calculate the said number)

Here, we will be using general percentage calculating method.

Let, the said number = x

So, 80% of the number = x × 80% = x × 80/100 = 4x/5

According to the data mentioned in the question,

4x/5 = 3000

x = 3000 × 5/4

x = 3750

(This will be considered as the final result.)

Hence, the number is 3750