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In this tutorial, you will lean a quick way to calculate percentages in Excel, find the basic percentage formula and a few more formulas for calculating percentage increase, percent of total and more. Continue reading →

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  1. Thank You!! This was so very helpful!!

  2. this website is very helpful and we get more knowledge about excel formula

  3. I am using formula to deduct various percentage discounts from a total charge.
    =Sum(D3-C4).

    How can I copy this formula down a column, leaving D3 as the original charge and jumping to the next percentage discounts.

    ex. =Sum(D3-C4)
    =Sum(D3-C5)
    =Sum(D3-C6)

    I want D3 to be fixed when I copy the formula to the next line.

  4. Hi i want to compile a formula where say i buy brushes for my salon and the cost price is R50 and i want to put a mark up off 60% on it i want my 3rd colom to tell me the retail price in Rands for ex R50+60%=x my retail price can you maybe help with a formula?

  5. I am trying to make a column to give me 1.75% but it keeps coming up as 2%? My other column to calculate 15% works perfectly so what am I doing wrong?

  6. Hello friends, I want help,

    I'm an sugar industry employee and I forget percentage formula of:

    for example A vehicle No.123 has weight =17490 kgs, but he got deduction for bad variety 1749kgs, as percentage 10%

    please show me in excel with formulas,,

    1. Zameer:
      Where the weight is in A2 the percentage deduction is calculated by:
      =A2*0.1

  7. some value cell A16=2299 , How to calculate 20% value of a16

  8. Hi, I want to know the percent formula how it will less from total value
    suppose 500 amount and i need to less 45 % how it will come i tried but
    it's not coming exact value in excel
    could anyone help me please
    to get the exact value

    1. Hello, Imran,

      I'm sorry but your task is not entirely clear. For us to be able to help you better, please describe it in more detail and send us a small sample workbook with your source data and the result you expect to get to support@ablebits.com. I kindly ask you to shorten each table to 10-20 rows / columns.

      We'll look into your task and try to help.

  9. Hi there I need your assistance on the following calculation converting to percentage
    F2 =70
    E2 =100% as in 70=100%
    F2 =49
    70 is the maximum whole
    49 is what is left of the whole what then would be the remaining percent of the whole continues down the sprees as the whole decrease as it's used

  10. Hi, i need a littel help in this case. I wont to calculete how many positive response do i need if have to past from 78% in 82%. I will make an example. If i have 2 no and 8 yes, im 80%. Now i wont to calculate how many yes do i need to pas from 80% in 85% (i wont that, if i change the % the system will calculate me the number of yes that i need). Thanks

  11. Please can you help me to get the formula for:
    120=100+20, % of 100 is 20%.Available data is only 120 and the 20% .Is there any way to get the figure 100 by using only 20% and 120 ?

  12. how to calculate Rs.100000*5/100 but should not exceeds Rs.15 in excel WITH FORMULA

  13. Hello,

    I want to calculate Profit in percetage per unit, find below the details

    80 $ per unit price of Item X
    90 $ per unit price of Item Y
    100 $ per unit price of Itey A

    Now find the below scnearios..

    1. selling price for Item X per unit is 100 $ How to calculate profit per unit in %.

    2. selling price for Item Y per unit is 85 $ How to calculste loss per unit in %.

    3. selling price for Item A per unit is 100 $

    Now, How to incorporate the same thing in excel as per below conditions

    1. Profit in Percentage per unit
    2. Loss in Percentage per unit
    3. Overall Profit percentage sold per unit
    4. Overall Loss percentage sold per unit
    5. ROI of product sold per unit and total units sold of above all the products.

  14. HOW CAN I ADD LIVE PRICES OF STOCKS IN MY EXCEL SHEET ?

  15. A=94.91
    B=632.01
    C=-1,066.33
    D=880.45
    Total=541.03
    What is the percentage contribution of each number to the total?

  16. Hi ...
    Somebody pllzz tell me how to find the simple formula for the marks of five sub like maths , English, science, economics , history and politics.....I am not able to find it ?????

  17. 5400(old) 5880(new) how much increase in between old and new?

    1. Sagar:
      The formula in Excel is in an empty cell enter
      =New-Old

  18. I am trying to come up with a formula in excel to tell me how many invoices were paid on time based on net 45 vs. paid late?

    Invoice Date Terms Date Paid Days to pay Overdue
    6/29/2018 45 7/23/2018 24 No
    7/10/2018 45 8/13/2018 34 No
    7/11/2018 45 8/13/2018 33 No
    3/7/2018 45 5/17/2018 71 Yes
    3/16/2018 45 5/17/2018 62 Yes

    1. Dean:
      If you want the count of how many invoices were paid on time vs paid late using the data in your sample enter this in an empty cell:
      where the "Yes" and "No" text is in the range E16:E20
      =COUNTIF(E16:E20,"Yes").
      Then in another empty cell enter: =COUNTIF(E16:E20,"No") for overdue invoices.
      Do you need more formulas than this to get the analysis you want?

  19. A B C D E F Total
    10,00% 20,00% 30,00% 20,00% 10,00% 10,00% 100,00%

    20,00% 20,00% 30,00% 20,00% 10,00% 10,00% 110,00%
    if I change value in A3=20%
    what is formula for B3;C3;..to automatically change values from B3:F3 to have sum from A3:F3 = 100%

  20. Good morning, Please help I mam stuck. this is my formula but it does not want to take it.
    =IFSUM(G13>F13.100%);IF(OR(F13<G1390%)IF(OR(F13,G13<90%)

    1. Hello, Michelle:
      Seems as if there are several parts of the formula that should be corrected. I think you might benefit by reading an article here on AbleBits on using the IF OR statement. The article is at: https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/excel-if-function-multiple-conditions/
      If after reading this article and practicing some of the techniques described and you're still experiencing difficulties, post another question and you'll get some help.

  21. hello Sir,
    Good Morning

    can u give me solution about this
    Amount 5400/- = - 40% + 12% + 18% = 4282/-? What is the formula ?

  22. I found this tutorial helpful, but can someone get a certificate from you?

  23. Dear sir my question is how to give to employees bonus for different each and other suppose 10000 = 10% , 20000=15% like

  24. I'm trying to create a template for return rate percentages... it would need to list date of orders, PO#s so everything is separated by order - the fun part is then getting this to calculate the percentage of product returned from each vendor

    basic template would show Customer A bought 12 apples and returned 5
    but it would have to calculate both columns to give a total amount of returns as I continue to list purchases and returns... Help. IF I need to clarify more please let me know. Thank you!

  25. Please
    Sir I forget the formula of finding percentage
    in excel

    1. (Obtained Marks/Total Marks)*100

    2. C1=A1/B1 format C1 as percentage.

  26. Hi,
    What is the formula of raw score/no.items * 5 in excel?

  27. give the prasantage fromula

  28. how would you get the percentage sales comparing last month and this month sales. Example:

    last month - May 2018 - $1,293.00
    this month - Jun 2018 - $2,390.00

  29. How do I calculate the percentage spent so far. I know the whole amount is $500,000 (column A = line items budgeted). Column B = amount spent out of all budgeted items (not all budgeted items have been purchased, so am looking for a running total as I add in amounts spent each day). Thank you.

  30. I have a simple formula: 4688.8306 * 4% = 4876.3838

    When I check my work with: 4688.8306/4876.3838, I get 3.8462%

    Why are they different?

    1. Anna:
      When I multiply 4688.8306 * .04 I get 187.55.
      When I divide 187.55 by 4688.8306 I get .04.
      Are there some other numbers that aren't visible in the formulas?

  31. please help me to know to calculate in all excel formulas

  32. how to calculate deficit in percentage
    example:
    april,may,june and target for these months is 65%

    i have the data of april and may, so I need to calculate deficit percentage using these two months data which means how much more I need to get to cover up the target %

  33. hai i want a formula for how to compare one sentence to multiple rows for example

    1. ram is a good boy - 100% i want to compare this sentence to other rows
    2. good boy is a ram - 100% same words but sentence formation diff but words are same thats y 100 % .
    3. ram is a boy - 80% here no good so 80% ,
    4. ram is a good boy than others - 120% because sentence extra ,

    like this i want to compare 1 state that how much matches with other statement for finding duplications. please send a mail to me how to find that one.

  34. I'm trying to caculate the percentage of but 3 words
    Open
    Closed
    Ongoing

    I need the percentage of the closed and ongoing to be collective to make up the done.
    Can anyone assist please?

    1. Amelia:
      Sum the numbers in the Open column, then sum the numbers in the closed column, then sum the numbers in the ongoing column.
      Add the closed value to the ongoing value then divide the value of the open column by this total.

  35. this is not right. I have found the right thread. Thank you
    =((866.5+60)-(866.5+60)*1%) 917.235

  36. plz can u give me solution about this
    =866.50+60 *1% answer is 917.235

    1. Viny:
      When I enter this: =(866.5+60)*0.01, Excel returns 9.265.
      Is there something else that should be entered in the formula?

  37. I am trying to equate the percentage of each employees work load by the total workload for all. I want to calculate individual workload by total workload for all. For instance in Cell F2 I have 66 and the total overall in cell F9 is 500. If you could please give advise I would greatly appreciate it. thank you so much

    1. Divide the individual by the total like this:
      For example in G2 enter =F2/F9
      then format G2 as percentage in the Format Cell window.

  38. I want the output as 1:2 in excel for 100000 vs 200000

    how to work out this(100000 vs 200000) in Excel

    For example current asset ratio calculation.

  39. thanku so much

  40. can u give me solution about this
    =(130-80)*8+800+6.45*50 calculate total amt less 10% and show last amt 1370
    thanks

    1. Viny:
      Here's a solution that shows you all the steps.
      =((130-80)*8+(800+6.45*50))-(((130-80)*8+(800+6.45*50))*0.1)
      BYI, this returns 1370.25.

      You could substitute cell addresses for some of these hard coded numbers and make this a little more flexible.

  41. can u give me solution about this
    =(130-80)*8+800+6.45*50 calculate total amt less 10% and show last amt 1370

  42. I want know this

    value is 3410
    after percentage = 1747.68
    so want what is percentage in this value

    1. 1747.68/3410

  43. Thank you so much.. its very useful. Thumbs'up.

  44. I've created a spreadsheet that shows how often a report is printed vs when it's not my cells are populated by "yes" and "no". I would like to calculate the total percentage of "yes" in each column. How do I create a formula that can calculate how often the word "yes" appears in each column?

  45. I am trying to add a number to a percentage formula. My current formula is: O143+O143*Q143, which equates to a number in "O143" multiplied by a percentage in "Q143". After that is calculated, I want to add a number that is not affected by the percentage to the total in the first equation. For example, the number in O143 is $5,999.58 and the percentage in Q143 is 3%. The number to add, $75.64, is in N143. I have tried doing "+N143" but that does not give me the correct total. The total should come out to be: $6,255.21. Please provide help to this formula to come to the correct total.

    1. The equation should be =(O143*Q143)+(N143+O143)

  46. I want to see the % increase in excel from Value A to Value B
    Value A = 0
    Value B = 455

    Formula Applied (B-A)/A, but it gives #DIV/0. Can I get the % in results instead?

    1. The Microsoft Excel Help site has a good explanation of working with this situation. Search "How to correct a #DIV/0! error" and you'll see the work a-rounds.

  47. Hello

    I would like a formula to show total less %
    ie Column A $100 column B to show $12.00 (12% of 100)
    When I put in formula it shows % (8800%) not total dollars.
    formula used =A1*(1-12%)

    Thank you for your help.

  48. find the excel formular for total,average and percentage. pls help me out sir god bless you.

  49. Hi, I have 5 people submitting their ranking for 24 topics. How do I take all of the data and sort to show which topic is the most important to least important of all 24? I can add each row, and then sort high to low.... is there another way to show percentage wise?

  50. How to calculate :

    QUANTITY UNIT PER PRICE TOTAL PRICE
    120UNIT 88
    105 METRE 110
    85 TEA CUP 5
    100 PATIENTS 150

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