An international company has12,100 employees in one country. If this represents27.9% of the company's employees, how many employees does it have in total?

Answer 1

Lay out the sentence:

12100 is 27.9% of the total employees.

This is the same as saying "12100 out of

the total number of employees is equal to

27.9 out of 100.

Obtain by cross-multiplication of ratios:

12100 × 100 = 27.9 × total employees.

Then the total number of employees is

1210000 ÷ 27.9 or 43369.17563.

Drop the decimals to gain 43369 "whole"

employees worldwide.