What is 257 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 257 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 257 is, and then we deduct that amount from 257 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 257, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 257, we do this:

(257 x 5)/100 = 12.85

Next, we simply subtract 12.85 from 257 like this:

257 - 12.85 = 244.15.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 257 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

244.15

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