What is 500 minus 16 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 500 minus 16 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 16 percent of 500 is, and then we deduct that amount from 500 to get the answer.

To get the 16 percent from any number such as 500, we multiply the number by 16 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 16 percent of 500, we do this:

(500 x 16)/100 = 80

Next, we simply subtract 80 from 500 like this:

500 - 80 = 420.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 500 minus 16 percent?" is as follows:

420

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