Question

What expression can you use to find 75% of 56?

Answer 1

n these expressions, the word “of” translates into multiplication:

1% of 90 → 1% × 90&

60% of $700 → 60% × $700.

We can also write those percentages as decimals:

1% of 90 → 0.01 × 90

60% of $700 → 0.6 × $700.

This gives us another way to calculate the percentage of a number (or percentage of some quantity):