The word <em>percent</em> literally means "for each 100," and we can use this vocab fact to help us answer a question like "what is 1.8 <em>percent </em>of $300?" We have 1.8 <em>for each 100</em> in 300, and since there are 3 hundreds in 300, that means we're going to be counting 3 1.8s, which gets us 1.8 × 3 = 5.4. Since our unit is <em>dollars</em> this comes out to $5.40.
