What is 230 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 230 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 230 is, and then we deduct that amount from 230 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 230, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 230, we do this:

(230 x 5)/100 = 11.5

Next, we simply subtract 11.5 from 230 like this:

230 - 11.5 = 218.5.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 230 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

218.5

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