What is 271 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 271 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 271 is, and then we deduct that amount from 271 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 271, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 271, we do this:

(271 x 5)/100 = 13.55

Next, we simply subtract 13.55 from 271 like this:

271 - 13.55 = 257.45.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 271 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

257.45

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