← Change Exercise
Percentage word problem
Read the question and work out the answer.
A class has 40 students. 50 % of them play football. How many students play football?
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This exercise puts percentages into a real-life setting — students who play sports, shoppers who get discounts, fruit in a basket. Use the friendly percent tricks you already know: 10 % = ÷10, 25 % = ÷4, 50 % = halve.
What does this generator do?
Picks one of three real-life situations and chooses friendly numbers so the answer is always a whole number.
How to use it
Find the total in the question. Find the percent. Apply the right trick: 10 % → divide by 10; 25 % → divide by 4; 50 % → halve; 75 % → three quarters; 20 % → divide by 5.