What is 100 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 100 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 100 is, and then we deduct that amount from 100 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 100, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 100, we do this:

(100 x 1)/100 = 1

Next, we simply subtract 1 from 100 like this:

100 - 1 = 99.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 100 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

99

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