What is 12 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 12 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 12 is, and then we deduct that amount from 12 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 12, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 12, we do this:

(12 x 5)/100 = 0.6

Next, we simply subtract 0.6 from 12 like this:

12 - 0.6 = 11.4.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 12 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

11.4

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