Solve 300*(1-26%)

$$300 \times ( 1 - 26 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$222$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{26}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$300\left(1-\frac{13}{50}\right)$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{50}{50}.

$$300\left(\frac{50}{50}-\frac{13}{50}\right)$$

Since \frac{50}{50} and \frac{13}{50} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$300\times \frac{50-13}{50}$$

Subtract 13 from 50 to get 37.

$$300\times \frac{37}{50}$$

Express 300\times \frac{37}{50} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{300\times 37}{50}$$

Multiply 300 and 37 to get 11100.

$$\frac{11100}{50}$$

Divide 11100 by 50 to get 222.

$$222$$

Factor

$$2\times 3\times 37$$