Question

Find the number which is 15% less than the number 240?

Answer 1

Hint: Here in the given question we need to find the number which is some percentage less than the given number, here first we need to find the fifteen percent of the given number, and then subtracting the obtained number and the given number we can get the solution for the question.

Complete step by step solution:
To solve the given question we need to do two steps here, in the first step we need to find the fifteen percent of the given number and then in the second step we need to get the value by subtracting the two numbers, on solving we get:
First step:
\[ \Rightarrow 240 \times \dfrac{{15}}{{100}} = 36\]
Here we get the fifteen percent of the given number whose value is 36, now finding the number which is fifteen percent less than the given number we get:
\[ \Rightarrow 240 - 36 = 204\]
Here we get the required number which is fifteen percent less than the given number.
So, the correct answer is “204”.

Note: To solve for the percentage sign we know that to remove percent sign, hundred is divided to the given number, and by this method we can remove the percent sign and then solve further, similarly to find percentage we need to multiply by hundred to the ratio given.