What is 438 minus 2 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 438 minus 2 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 2 percent of 438 is, and then we deduct that amount from 438 to get the answer.

To get the 2 percent from any number such as 438, we multiply the number by 2 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 2 percent of 438, we do this:

(438 x 2)/100 = 8.76

Next, we simply subtract 8.76 from 438 like this:

438 - 8.76 = 429.24.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 438 minus 2 percent?" is as follows:

429.24

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