What is 400 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 400 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 400 is, and then we deduct that amount from 400 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 400, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 400, we do this:

(400 x 5)/100 = 20

Next, we simply subtract 20 from 400 like this:

400 - 20 = 380.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 400 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

380

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