What is 242 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 242 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 242 is, and then we deduct that amount from 242 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 242, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 242, we do this:

(242 x 2)/100 = 4.84

Next, we simply subtract 4.84 from 242 like this:

242 - 4.84 = 237.16.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 242 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

237.16

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