What is 240 minus 15 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 240 minus 15 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 15 percent of 240 is, and then we deduct that amount from 240 to get the answer.

To get the 15 percent from any number such as 240, we multiply the number by 15 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 15 percent of 240, we do this:

(240 x 15)/100 = 36

Next, we simply subtract 36 from 240 like this:

240 - 36 = 204.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 240 minus 15 percent?" is as follows:

204

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