What is 298 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 298 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 298 is, and then we deduct that amount from 298 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 298, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 298, we do this:

(298 x 2)/100 = 5.96

Next, we simply subtract 5.96 from 298 like this:

298 - 5.96 = 292.04.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 298 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

292.04

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