Solve 300-25%

$$300-25 \%$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1199}{4}=299.75$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$300-\frac{1}{4}$$

Convert 300 to fraction \frac{1200}{4}.

$$\frac{1200}{4}-\frac{1}{4}$$

Since \frac{1200}{4} and \frac{1}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1200-1}{4}$$

Subtract 1 from 1200 to get 1199.

$$\frac{1199}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11 \cdot 109}{2 ^ {2}} = 299\frac{3}{4} = 299.75$$