what percent of 137.7 is 1436?

Question

If 137.7 kWh is the allowed usage, what percent did Sally use if she used 1436kwh?

Answer 1

"of" usually means "multiply"

x * 137.7 = 1436

(x * 137.7) / 137.7 = 1436 / 137.7

x = 10.4284676834

but we're talking about percent, so the answer is:

137.7 is about 1,043% of 1436.