What is 720 minus 40 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 720 minus 40 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 40 percent of 720 is, and then we deduct that amount from 720 to get the answer.

To get the 40 percent from any number such as 720, we multiply the number by 40 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 40 percent of 720, we do this:

(720 x 40)/100 = 288

Next, we simply subtract 288 from 720 like this:

720 - 288 = 432.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 720 minus 40 percent?" is as follows:

432

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