Question

Tick (✓) the correct answer:
40% of ? = 240
(a) 60
(b) 600
(c) 6000
(d) 960

Answer 1

(b) 600

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Let}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{required}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{be}\mathrm{x}.\mathrm{Then},\mathrm{we}\mathrm{have}: \\ 40\%ofx=240 \\ \Rightarrow \left(x\times \frac{40}{100}\right)=240 \\ \Rightarrow \frac{40x}{100}=240 \\ \Rightarrow x=\left(240\times \frac{100}{40}\right) \\ \Rightarrow x=600 \end{gathered}$$