70 percent of what number is 42?

Answer 1

Just break the words down into mathematical symbols.

70%=.7,

we will call the unnamed number X.

So you have (.7)X=42,

divide by .7 to get X=42/.7 or X=42(10/7)=420/7=60.

Answer 2

42 / 0.7 = 60

Therefore, the number that 42 is 70 percent of, is 60.