Solve 250*(1-30%)

$$250 \times (1-30 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$175$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{30}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$250\left(1-\frac{3}{10}\right)$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{10}{10}.

$$250\left(\frac{10}{10}-\frac{3}{10}\right)$$

Since \frac{10}{10} and \frac{3}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$250\times \frac{10-3}{10}$$

Subtract 3 from 10 to get 7.

$$250\times \frac{7}{10}$$

Express 250\times \frac{7}{10} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{250\times 7}{10}$$

Multiply 250 and 7 to get 1750.

$$\frac{1750}{10}$$

Divide 1750 by 10 to get 175.

$$175$$

Factor

$$5^{2}\times 7$$