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What is 35% of 240?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step percentages video lesson with captions. Final answer: 84.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.2 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Working with percentages
What is 35% of 240?
2. Step by step
1. $35\% = \frac{35}{100} = 0.35$
  Convert the percent to a decimal by dividing by 100
2. $0.35 \times 240 = 84$
  Multiply the decimal by the number
3. The answer
$84$
35% × 240 = 84
4. Check
- Check: 84 ÷ 240 × 100 = 35%

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: What is 35 percent of 240? Find a percentage of a number.

Step by step. Convert the percent to a decimal by dividing by 100. Multiply the decimal by the number.

The answer. So the answer is 84. 35 percent means 35 out of every 100, so 35 percent of 240 is 84.

Check. Check: 84 divided by 240 times 100 equals 35 percent.

About percentages

Percent of a number, what percent one number is of another, the whole from a part, and percent change.

What is 35% of 240?: Percentages Step-by-Step Lesson