What is 16 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 16 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 16 is, and then we deduct that amount from 16 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 16, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 16, we do this:

(16 x 1)/100 = 0.16

Next, we simply subtract 0.16 from 16 like this:

16 - 0.16 = 15.84.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 16 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

15.84

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