Percentage swap
What is 50% of 2007 plus 2007% of 50?
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Problem
What is $50\%$ of $2007$ plus $2007\%$ of $50$?
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Student Solutions
Answer: 2007
$$\begin {align} &50\%\times2007 + 2007\%\times50\\
=&\ \ 2007\div2 \ \ \ +\ \ \ 2007\div2\\
=&\ \ \ 2007\end{align}$$