What is 496 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 496 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 496 is, and then we deduct that amount from 496 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 496, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 496, we do this:

(496 x 5)/100 = 24.8

Next, we simply subtract 24.8 from 496 like this:

496 - 24.8 = 471.2.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 496 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

471.2

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