What is 255 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 255 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 255 is, and then we deduct that amount from 255 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 255, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 255, we do this:

(255 x 1)/100 = 2.55

Next, we simply subtract 2.55 from 255 like this:

255 - 2.55 = 252.45.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 255 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

252.45

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