What is 259 minus 1 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 259 minus 1 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 1 percent of 259 is, and then we deduct that amount from 259 to get the answer.

To get the 1 percent from any number such as 259, we multiply the number by 1 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 1 percent of 259, we do this:

(259 x 1)/100 = 2.59

Next, we simply subtract 2.59 from 259 like this:

259 - 2.59 = 256.41.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 259 minus 1 percent?" is as follows:

256.41

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