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):