What is 6 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 6 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 6 is, and then we deduct that amount from 6 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 6, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 6, we do this:

(6 x 5)/100 = 0.3

Next, we simply subtract 0.3 from 6 like this:

6 - 0.3 = 5.7.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 6 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

5.7

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