260 is larger than 240 so you should realize immediately that the percentage must be larger than 100%. You also should know that if the problem asked for "x% of 240", you would multiply 240 by "x/100": (x/100)(240)= 260. So to go the other way, do the opposite: divide 260 by 240.
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