What is 242 minus 8 percent?

Here we will explain how to calculate the answer to: 242 minus 8 percent. To find the answer, we first calculate what 8 percent of 242 is, and then we deduct that amount from 242 to get the answer.

To get the 8 percent from any number such as 242, we multiply the number by 8 and then divide that answer by 100. Thus, to find 8 percent of 242, we do this:

(242 x 8)/100 = 19.36

Next, we simply subtract 19.36 from 242 like this:

242 - 19.36 = 222.64.

Therefore, as illustrated and calculated above, the answer to "What is 242 minus 8 percent?" is as follows:

222.64

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