CAPTURE:
To ensure the health and safety of all in the midst of the pandemic, the teaching and learning activities in schools shifted to different modes of distance education. These include modular learning, TV- and radio-based learning, online learning, etc.

Consider the following problem:

A total of 65 parents were asked online about their preferred mode of instruction for their children in distance education. It was found out that 40% of them preferred modular learning. How many parents preferred modular learning?

•What is being asked in the word problem? •Can you think of a strategy to solve the problem? ​