What is 218 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 218 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 218 is, and then we deduct that amount from 218 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 218, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 218, we do this:

(218 x 2)/100 = 4.36

Next, we simply subtract 4.36 from 218 like this:

218 - 4.36 = 213.64.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 218 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

213.64

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