25 percent less than 8

What is 25 percent less than 8? What is the formula used to calculate 25 percent less than 8? How can we calculate 25 percent less than 8?

Here we will show you the formula used to calculate 25 percent less than 8 (25% less than 8), and then we will calculate the answer to 25 percent less than 8 using our formula. We will also illustrate what 25 percent less than 8 looks like.

The formula used to calculate 25 percent less than 8, as well as other percent less than problems, can be seen below:

PL = OV - ((P ÷ 100) × OV)

PL (Percent Less) is the answer we want, P (%) is the percent, and OV (Original Value) is the starting value. Therefore, when we substitute 25 for P and 8 for OV in our formula, we get the answer to 25 percent less than 8, as solved here:

PL = 8 - ((25 ÷ 100) × 8)
PL = 8 - (0.25 × 8)
PL = 8 - 2
PL = 6
25% less than 8 = 6

So, how does our formula work to calculate 25 percent less than 8? First, it takes 25 percent of 8, and then we subtract that result from 8 to get our final answer. We have provided an illustration below so you can better visualize 25 percent less than 8.

In our illustration above, the areas shaded in blue and red add up to 8, and the area shaded in red is 25 percent of 8. In other words, blue is 6, red is 2, and blue plus red is 8.

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