What is 215 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 215 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 215 is, and then we deduct that amount from 215 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 215, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 215, we do this:

(215 x 5)/100 = 10.75

Next, we simply subtract 10.75 from 215 like this:

215 - 10.75 = 204.25.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 215 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

204.25

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