At a company meeting, there were 996 people in attendance. 25% of them were managers. How many managers were in the meeting?

They are asking for managers so 996 of them are there, 25% are managers

Change the percent to a decimal (divide the percent number by 100)

You get 0.25

So multiply 996 by 0.25

You get 249

So there are 249 managers at the meeting