What is 257 minus 3 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 257 minus 3 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 3 percent of 257 is, and then we deduct that amount from 257 to get the answer.

To get the 3 percent from any number such as 257, we multiply the number by 3 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 3 percent of 257, we do this:

(257 x 3)/100 = 7.71

Next, we simply subtract 7.71 from 257 like this:

257 - 7.71 = 249.29.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 257 minus 3 percent?" is as follows:

249.29

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