In virtually all questions about subnetting will range in four issues: Number of Subnets, Number of Hosts per Subnet, Block Subnet, and Host-Broadcast Address.
Writing in general is the IP address 192.168.1.2. But sometimes written with 192.168.1.2/24, what does this mean? This means that the IP address 192.168.1.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Well how come like that?