1 percents of 264000 is 2640?
Step 1: Translate the words into an equation.
| 1 percents | of | what | is | 2640 |
| 1% | $ \cdot $ | x | = | 2640 |
Step 2: Express $ 1% $ as a decimal number.
$$ 80\% = 80 \div 100 = 0.01$$Step 3: Solve for $ x $.
$$ \begin{aligned} 0.01 \cdot x &= 2640 \\[1.2 em] x &= \dfrac{ 2640 }{ 0.01 } \\[1.2 em] x &= 264000 \end{aligned} $$