Solve 240div(1+60%)

$$240 \div ( 1 + 60 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$150$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{60}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{240}{1+\frac{3}{5}}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{5}{5}.

$$\frac{240}{\frac{5}{5}+\frac{3}{5}}$$

Since \frac{5}{5} and \frac{3}{5} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{240}{\frac{5+3}{5}}$$

Add 5 and 3 to get 8.

$$\frac{240}{\frac{8}{5}}$$

Divide 240 by \frac{8}{5} by multiplying 240 by the reciprocal of \frac{8}{5}.

$$240\times \frac{5}{8}$$

Express 240\times \frac{5}{8} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{240\times 5}{8}$$

Multiply 240 and 5 to get 1200.

$$\frac{1200}{8}$$

Divide 1200 by 8 to get 150.

$$150$$

Factor

$$2\times 3\times 5^{2}$$