Question

126 employees is 3% of what number of employees

Answer 1

First, define what it is that is being asked.

"of" in mathematics usually means that the numbers or values described are being multiplied.

And so the word problem becomes:
126 employees = 3% * x employees
Solve:

126 = .03 * x
x * .03 = 126
(x * .03) / .03 = 126 / .03

x = 4200 employees


Thus your answer is 4200 employees.

Answer 2

Your answer is 4,200 employees.

If 126 is equivalent to 3%, then we can say that 126/? = 3/100, which you can then use to find the answer by doing 126 ÷ 3 = 42, and then multiplying 42 by 100 to get 4,200.

I hope this helps!