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Asked: 2026-06-17T09:21:58+00:00

I’m using the following code to calculate and display the final score for a

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I’m using the following code to calculate and display the final score for a math game in C++. 

int score = (correctNumber / 3) * 100;
cout << score;

The variable “correctNumber” is always a value between 0 and 3. However, unless “correctNumber” = 3, then the variable “score” always equals “0”. When “correctNumber” equals 3 then “score” equals 100.

Say “correctNumber” was equal to 2. Shouldn’t “score” be 67 then? Is this some issue with int variable type being unable to calculate decimal points?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You are doing math as integer so 1 / 3 is 0.

    Try:

    int score = (100 * correctNumber) / 3

    and if you want to round:

    int score = (100 * correctNumber + 1) / 3
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