What is 238 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 238 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 238 is, and then we deduct that amount from 238 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 238, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 238, we do this:

(238 x 5)/100 = 11.9

Next, we simply subtract 11.9 from 238 like this:

238 - 11.9 = 226.1.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 238 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

226.1

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