What is 258 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 258 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 258 is, and then we deduct that amount from 258 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 258, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 258, we do this:

(258 x 1)/100 = 2.58

Next, we simply subtract 2.58 from 258 like this:

258 - 2.58 = 255.42.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 258 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

255.42

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