$54 - 40%*$54
= $54*(100% - 40%)
= $54*(60%)
= $54*.60
= $32.40
= $54*(100% - 40%)
= $54*(60%)
= $54*.60
= $32.40
What is 40 percent off of 54 dollars?
The simple way of solving this is
for any question
x percentage of y =(x*y)/100
40 percentage of 54 =(40*54)/100
=21.6$
for any question
x percentage of y =(x*y)/100
40 percentage of 54 =(40*54)/100
=21.6$
This is how you work 40% of $54 by hand: 40% = 40/100 = 4/10 = 2/5 2/5 (i.e 40%) * 54/1 = 108/5 = 21 3/5 3/5 as a fraction is 0.6 because: 3/5 * 20/20 = 60/100 So, 40% of $54 is 21.6.