What is 988 minus 5 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 988 minus 5 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 5 percent of 988 is, and then we deduct that amount from 988 to get the answer.

To get the 5 percent from any number such as 988, we multiply the number by 5 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 5 percent of 988, we do this:

(988 x 5)/100 = 49.4

Next, we simply subtract 49.4 from 988 like this:

988 - 49.4 = 938.6.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 988 minus 5 percent?" is as follows:

938.6

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