What is 242 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 242 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 242 is, and then we deduct that amount from 242 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 242, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 242, we do this:

(242 x 5)/100 = 12.1

Next, we simply subtract 12.1 from 242 like this:

242 - 12.1 = 229.9.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 242 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

229.9

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