What is 506 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 506 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 506 is, and then we deduct that amount from 506 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 506, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 506, we do this:

(506 x 5)/100 = 25.3

Next, we simply subtract 25.3 from 506 like this:

506 - 25.3 = 480.7.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 506 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

480.7

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