If Xiao Hong had already read 40 pages of a book, which was two-fifths of the book, then Xiao Hong had already read 20% or 0.2 times the book. How many pages are there in the book? You can divide the number of pages by the number of pages in the book: (100% - 02) / 100% = 90% Therefore, Little Red only had 10 pages left.