Question

1,440 is 120 percent of _________.

Answer 1

use the following for all word problems
is means =
of means x (multiply)

Answer 2

1440 = 120/100 x N ....note that all percents are put over 100

Answer 3

actually the answer is 1200

Answer 4

another way to think about percents is to change them to decimals (this method always worked better for me). In this case:
\[1400=1.2x\] solving for x:
\[\frac{1400}{1/2}=x \implies x=1200 \]