Question

15% of the workers at Nationwide industries earn minimum wage. If 24 workers earn minimum wage, how many total workers are there at Nationwide industries?

Answer 1

In order to find what 24 is 15% of you divide the number by the percentage.

In this case it would be 24 / .15 (the percent expressed as a number) = 160

160 Total employees. 

Answer 2

15 % of x = 24
x*15/100 = 24
x = 24*100/15
x = 160