What is 720 minus 60 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 720 minus 60 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 60 percent of 720 is, and then we deduct that amount from 720 to get the answer.

To get the 60 percent from any number such as 720, we multiply the number by 60 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 60 percent of 720, we do this:

(720 x 60)/100 = 432

Next, we simply subtract 432 from 720 like this:

720 - 432 = 288.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 720 minus 60 percent?" is as follows:

288

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