Solve 800*(1-45%)

$$800 \times ( 1 - 45 \% )$$

Evaluate

$$440$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{45}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$800\left(1-\frac{9}{20}\right)$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{20}{20}.

$$800\left(\frac{20}{20}-\frac{9}{20}\right)$$

Since \frac{20}{20} and \frac{9}{20} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$800\times \frac{20-9}{20}$$

Subtract 9 from 20 to get 11.

$$800\times \frac{11}{20}$$

Express 800\times \frac{11}{20} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{800\times 11}{20}$$

Multiply 800 and 11 to get 8800.

$$\frac{8800}{20}$$

Divide 8800 by 20 to get 440.

$$440$$

Factor

$$2^{3}\times 5\times 11$$