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First, find the number, which I'll call x. Since 5% of x is 16, .05x=16. Divide both sides by .05 to find that x=320. Now to find twenty-five percent of that, just multiply by .25. 25% of the number is 80.

You could also do it by multiplying 16 by five, since 25% is five times 5%.

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