Would you do 75% x 240? No. What you should do is 3/4 x 240 = 3 x 60 = 180.

Which is much simpler than doing 240 x 0.75.

Similarly, why do x 15% when you can do x 3/20?
Look for opportunities to use simple fractions instead of 2 digit multiplications.
Whether you are strong with math or not, learn these ratios well and they can help you speeding up approximations and a lot
of other calculations.

Fraction % Decimal

1/3 33% 0.33

1/4 25% 0.25

1/5 20% 0.20

1/6 17% 0.17

1/7 14% 0.14

1/8 13% 0.13

1/9 11% 0.11

1/10 10% 0.10

1/11 9% 0.09

1/12 8% 0.08

1/20 5% 0.05

1/40 2.5% 0.025

2/5 40% 0.40

3/5 60% 0.60

3/8 38% 0.38

3/4 75% 0.75

3/20 15% 0.15

4/5 80% 0.80

5/9 56% 0.56