What is 253 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 253 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 253 is, and then we deduct that amount from 253 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 253, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 253, we do this:

(253 x 2)/100 = 5.06

Next, we simply subtract 5.06 from 253 like this:

253 - 5.06 = 247.94.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 253 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

247.94

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