100% of what number is 61
percent means per hundred100 % = 1So the answer is 1 x 61 which equals 61answer = 61
" 100% " means "the whole thing",and "is" can be replaced by "is equal to".You have said "The whole thing of a number is equal to 61."or "61 is equal to the whole thing of a number."The only number that 61 can be equal to is 61.