Question

Decrease the following quantities by $10\%9730$pencils

Answer 1

Step 1: First find $10\%$ of $9730$ then subtract it from $9730$

$10\%\mathrm{of}9730$

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{10}{100}\times 9730 \\ 973 \end{gathered}$$

Step 2:Now subtract $973$ from $9730$

$$\begin{gathered} 9730-973 \\ 8757 \end{gathered}$$

Step 3: Hence, $8757$ is the required answer after reducing $9730$ by $10\%$