SAT Percentages Practice Question 1 (Easy)

SAT Owl

Question bank / Percentages

Math · Problem-Solving and Data AnalysisEasy

What is $35\%$ of $240$ ?

Student-produced response: enter your answer.

Show answer and explanation

Answer: 84

Write $35\%$ as the decimal $0.35$ . Then $0.35 \times 240 = 84$ .

Dividing $240$ by $35$ or computing $3.5\%$ instead of $35\%$ (giving $8.4$ ) are the most common slips.

Ask Owl about this question Next question

Got it wrong? On SAT Owl, Owl looks at the answer you chose and explains the exact mistake, then gives you similar questions until it sticks. Get your predicted SAT score free.