Question

1. If 40% of a number is 56, what was the original number?

Answer 1

Answer:

140

I am not completely sure but what i did was

56/? = 40/100

56*100

5600/40

140

Answer 2

40% of a number is 0.4 times that number.
0.4 * (the number) = 56
(the number) = 56/0.4=140