What is 4 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 4 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 4 is, and then we deduct that amount from 4 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 4, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 4, we do this:

(4 x 5)/100 = 0.2

Next, we simply subtract 0.2 from 4 like this:

4 - 0.2 = 3.8.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 4 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

3.8

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