What is 400 minus 42 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 400 minus 42 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 42 percent of 400 is, and then we deduct that amount from 400 to get the answer.

To get the 42 percent from any number such as 400, we multiply the number by 42 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 42 percent of 400, we do this:

(400 x 42)/100 = 168

Next, we simply subtract 168 from 400 like this:

400 - 168 = 232.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 400 minus 42 percent?" is as follows:

232

Minus Percent Calculator
Need another answer? Enter another "What is a minus b percent?" problem below:

What is 401 minus 42 percent?
Go here for the next "What is a minus b percent?" problem on our list.