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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. Good job,pease I have an inventory stock project,please help me out on ho to calculate 30%, here is the sample ( goods is sold at 450 in cell A, now how do I subtract 30% from 450 in Xcel thanks

    1. Hi!
      Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above - How to increase / decrease a number by percentage.

  2. Hello,

    I have a series of numbers.
    D2 = 50
    D6 = 5
    E2 = 25
    E6 = 10
    F2 = 32
    F6 = 15

    first I am doing this =sum(D6*D2)+(E2*E6)+(F2*F6)

    Now, I need to subtract 18% of E6 before I can multiply E2*E6

    I have tried numerous way with no success. Like: =sum(D6*D2)+((E2-18%)*E6)+(F2*F6)

    Can you help?

  3. help needed!!
    what formula do I use if to work out the percentage of complaints per 100,000 customers

    info

    week 1 - 655235 customers with 45 complaints
    week 2 - 698465 customers with 48 complaints
    and so on and so on......

    thank you in advance

  4. I am trying to come up with a formula for positive time stats. I’ve downloaded the report from Cognos that breaks down each time status used in the system and I I want to be able to convert specific cells “stats” minutes into percentages of total minutes worked. I want to use this to help with time management. Any ideas?

    Using simple formula for positive time stat: active minutes (450) /total minutes worked (510) *100

    1. Hi!
      I don't know how you define active minutes. But I think that you can use the SUMIF function to count active minutes. I can't give you more specific advice because I don't have more information from you.

  5. I have total costs of each individual job task for a single Purchase Order Value for work to be performed. I have to charge 10.2% tax total for the entire job but need to show breakdown of tax per individual job task. All of my totals in Row 6 have to be taxed at 10.2% in equal increments. Not all scenarios will have require all job tasks so I would also need to exclude any costs of $0. TIA

    1. Hello!
      You can get a list of tasks for an individual job that has a cost greater than 0 using the FILTER function. For detailed instructions, see this article: Filter with multiple AND criteria.
      I hope it’ll be helpful. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  6. Hello,
    I am trying to come up with I believe a variance to a goal, which is a percent. The goal is 10% of the total number of boxes.
    So let’s say I have column A as total boxes, column b is the variance (what I’m trying to figure out) and column c is the goal 10%.
    I’m trying to make this to where I can make it as simple as possible, because I will be editing this daily.
    Thank you

      1. I’m not sure how else to explain it to be honest. So I’m in sales and I track multiple metrics at a time. One of the metrics that I track is total amount of (a). The goal of (a) varies monthly. I will also track (b) the goal for (b) is 10% of the total of (a). What I am trying to figure out is the difference or variance of the goal of (b) which is 10% of the total (a) sold.
        So how many more (b) needs to be sold to reach goal, or how many above goal we are.

        Idk if that is any easier or not. Thank you for trying though

        1. Hi!
          If I understand correctly, then you can calculate how much is left to achieve the goal of 10% using the formula

          =A1*10% - B1

          B1 is current sales.

  7. I have two columns H1 and F1. If H1 = 90 and F1= 40 and I want to calculate 40 out of 90 as a percentage then would it be correct to write 40/90*100 as a formula (i.e. H1/F1*100) or is there any other alternative?

  8. I want the percentage of group of number not two I don’t understand

  9. Can i use direct formula for percentage.

  10. Hello there! Can i get your help please!
    What if i need to multiply gross salary of my employees based on their gender.
    For example.
    I need to multiply gross salary where gender=female by 5% and where gender is male by 4%.. Is it possible?
    I tried this ?way but, not work
    =if(c3=F, (g3)*5% ,if(c3=m, (g3)*4%))

  11. Hi! I would like to know how to compute this kind of formula
    $40 x.20 + $40 = $48
    is it possible?
    Thank you!

  12. THREE COLUMN

    250 620 150 28% HOW TO CALCULATE (28% IN ONE COLUMN)

    1. =coulmn*%/100+%

  13. Pls can you help me on the above list. I want to define the share of each value in % from a defined value. I have to share the whole amount of 77083 into each client based on the value they have to have a total of 100 % value share

    Value of each client Value to be shared
    88800 77083
    89400
    15000
    34800
    28200
    11400
    7800
    30600
    7200
    3600

  14. Hello, i need to calculate how many positive surveys do i need to reach 55% or more. Example:

    1 2 3 4 5 6
    A Detractors Neutral Promoters Total Client Satisfaction Promters Needed for 55% or more
    B 2 1 5 8 37.5% ????

    Formula to get Client Satisfaction
    =(B3-B1)/B4

    Hopefully you can help me on this.

    Thank you

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =ROUNDUP((D1*B1+D1+B1)/(1-D1),0)

      D1=0.55

      Excel also has a special add-in for such tasks - Solver.
      I hope I answered your question.

  15. I need help with a formula that would calculate the annual percentage market gain or loss on an investment account. The account had a positive starting balance and in addition to the market gain, there were a few deposits and withdrawals during the year just completed. I know how to make the calculation without the deposits and withdrawals but the problem I'm having is when they are included.

    Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

    Allen S.

  16. Hi there.
    I need to find a way to apply 3.3% of cell F1 into F2 for example

    F1 = £35.21
    3.3% of F1 = £1.16
    That answer £1.16 applied into cell F2

    Thank you

  17. Pls function and formula to calculate the leave grant for each employee assuming was leave with 10% salary

    1. Hi!
      To get 10%, you need to multiply the number by 10 and divide by 100. Or multiply by 0.1
      This is studied at school. This is also described in the article above.

  18. I'm looking to create a equation that will subtract multiple percentages at once.

    Example if the cost is $1000(f2), i would like to subtract 9.5% then subtract 5$ then subtract 2.9%

    sum=( f2-(f2*0.095)-5)

    is it a way for me to add the other 2.9% to this equation

  19. Hello - I hope I can explain this clearly enough - I created a pivot table which shows

    (Rows) Account Names (totaling 193 Accounts)
    (Value) Total number of programs trained, for each account
    (Grand Total) 460 programs
    I need to try and pull the percent of accounts (193) that have had only 1 program. The SUMIF formula has only calculated the percent of the program total (460) not the percent of accounts. Is there a way to calculate this using a pivot table?

  20. Hi, I dont know what formula to use:

    14-DAY AVERAGE TO GET:
    30% 50-99
    40% 100-150
    50% 151-199
    60% 200 & ABOVE

    What will be the formula if they get 146.7,

  21. I am trying to get a percent completion for specific locations on a spreadsheet. Here's the scenario: I have a spreadsheet that lists individuals at various locations, as well as the dates of task completion for those that have been done. What I am trying to find is a formula that will recognize the total numbers listed at each facility, and provide a percentage of completion by facility. For example: Column A = Location; Column B = Individual; Column C = Completion date, if applicable.

    One example might be that there are three locations - MN, CA, and WA. MN has 10 entries, with completion dates on 8 (80%); CA has 14 entries, with completion dates on 7 (50%); and WA has 20 entries, with completion dates on 15 (75%). The actual spreadsheet in question has dozens of locations or more, all with varying quantities of individuals. It is tracked on an ongoing basis, so I was hoping to find a formula that would be able to analyze the data in the facility column, recognize the totals for each facility, then take into account which ones have completion dates and provide a percentage of completion by facility. Is this possible?

    1. Hello!
      If I understood you correctly, you can use the COUNTIF function to count values by condition:

      =COUNTIF(C2:C200,">0")/COUNTIF(A2:A200,"MN")

      I hope my advice will help you solve your task.

      1. Sorry, me again. :-) I tried to play with it and see what I could do. I tried using the formula. I picked one of the facilities and updated "MN" to match the name of the facility and updated the cells to the column and rows, then updated the column and rows on the ">0"; the result was 165.7647059. I filtered and counted; there were 34 entries for the facility in question, only two of which had not been completed, so the percentage complete should've been the decimal equivalent of 32/34, which would be 0.94 (rounded). I'm not sure where the 165.7647059 came from - do you know what I might've done wrong? BTW, thank you so much for your help!

      2. That does help, thank you! I can see how that would recognize which entries matching the specific location have been completed. Is there a way to then use that to recognize the percentage completed for said facilities? I don't know, maybe another COUNTIF function that recognizes zeroes, and then utilize both of those numbers to come up with a percentage?

          1. Thank you so much! That did help tremendously! :-D You're wonderful!!

  22. Hi,

    I'm trying to figure out the following. I need to place the percentage of students who passed their test. The passing score is 80. I have a list of scores for 25 students. Below the scores, I want to put a function that tells what percent of my students scored 80 or higher on their test.

  23. Can someone assist please...

    I'm working on a spreadsheet in excel of food items and would like to see three different % for the Selling Price.
    EG. Shrimp - Cost 15.00 - Selling Price 30.00 - Food Cost % 50%
    What formula should I use to to know how much to sell the item at to get 30% 35% 40%????

    Please help!!!

  24. Hi,

    I need help coming up with a formula to calculate the following:

    Total charge =$440

    Shareholder group 1 = 51% of $440 or $224.40, then how much would the following members within group 1 owe i.e.
    - Member 1 = 26% of $224.40
    - Member 1 = 25% of $224.40

    Shareholder group 2 = 49% of $440 or $215.60
    - Member 1 = 20% of $215.60
    - Member 2 = 15% of $215.60
    - Member4 = 15% of $215.60

    Your help would be greatly appreciated :-)

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? This is something like this formula:

      =A1*0.51*0.26

    2. I solved the equation :-)

  25. How do get the percentage completed in single column. This column has over 500 entries.

    1. Hello!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? If they don’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail, I’ll try to suggest a solution.

  26. I have a spreadsheet with a list of reviews done by different individuals. I am needing the spreadsheet to highlight 10% of the reviews done by each individual. For example if Robert does 22 reviews then I need it to highlight 10% of the rows that his name appears in, rounded to the next 10 so I would need it to highlight 3 rows for him.

    1. Also wanted to note that I am needing this to randomly select the 10% so that we can say we did not pick which reviews to go over and that they were selected randomly.

  27. Hi, I am trying to write a formula to cap percentage at 50%. My current formula is =(J13808K1380)/100.
    What formula would I use to cap the percentage calculation at 50%. In other words, the cell should never show more than 50% even if the true calculation is above 50%. Thanks for your help!

  28. Hi there,
    I have done it before on the old version of excel but can't figure it out on the new. I want to make a column to the right that gives 75% of the column on the left, but cannot figure out the formula. So Column B has a bunch of numbers, and column C I want to figure out what 75% of each cell is and mark it to the right.
    Thank you!

    1. Hi!
      In cell C1, write down the formula

      =B1 * 0.75

      After that, you can copy this formula down along the column.

  29. I need to find what the percentages is between a commission figure and what the payee gets paid. for example commission is 157 and full payment was 3000. What formula would I use? Thanks so much.

  30. Hi, in Cell F14 I have the result of a formula to calculate daily rates at 10% occupation for a 7 day period plus a once-off fee. In cell F15, I want to reduce the value in F14 by 25% (discount). In cell F16 i want reduce the result in F15 by a further 10% (a further discount).

    Formula in F14: =SUM($C6*$D$3)*$F$2%+D$6
    (C6 = Rate, D3=7Days, F2= 10% Occupancy, D6= Once-off Fee).

    What would the formulas in F15 and F16 be?

  31. Hi guys, please I need your help. How would you carry out something like this on excel:

    3500 (from cell E8) divided by 4000 (from cell D3) * 100.

    How would I do this if I need to keep dividing other cell contents by the content in cell D3?

  32. Hi I am trying to get a balance qty and the want to increase that projection by 10%
    So I am Doing = ( A2 -B2) *(1.1) Not getting the right answer. Lets Say =(10-5)*(1.1) i should get 5.5 but i am not getting the right answer what formula should i use.

  33. I'm not sure this can be done....its more a logic formula.....

    but if I want to show a 1% for 200 units in a cell, what would i do?

    so 200 units would be 1%, 400 units would be 2%, etc, less than 200 would be 0%

    1. Hello!
      Based on your description, it is hard to completely understand your task. However, I’ll try to guess and offer you the following formula:

      =ROUNDDOWN(A1/200,0)/100

      In the cell with this formula, set the percentage format.

  34. Hi, i'm struggling with a formula and hope you can help...

    In cells F5:F32 I have the below percentages which are the percentage of a project completion, I now need to work out the overall project completion based on those 28 percentages so I've done =SUM(F5:F32)/28 which I believe has given me the correct answer of 32% but what if I add another value in cell F33, F34 etc, how can I change it so that the /28 is calculating the number of rows in the table automatically? I tried doing =SUM(ProjectTracker[Completion Status])/ProjectTracker[Completion Status] but I just get a #SPILL! error. I hope this makes sense. Many thanks

    F5:F32 Cell values below:
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    0%
    25%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    0%
    25%
    100%
    75%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%
    0%

  35. OK so I have this sheet I'm using to find out a total of materials needed.

    Cell M6 = Items you need
    Cell N6 = Items you have on hand
    Cell O6 = Trying to find % for what I need to get still

    I have been racking my brain and using different formulas here and I just can't get it right. I am very amateur with excel so most likely I'm just skipping an important step somewhere.

    On top of that, compound the situation. Is there a way to conditional format the cells to see %'s and colors.

    So I need Red to be 99-70% needed still
    Orange - 69-50%
    Yellow 49-20%
    Green 19-1%
    Blue - 0%

    2. Ok so I compromised by adding a 4th column for the % of remaining so I figured out it uses the New value / Old Value and then turn it into a %

  36. Hello,
    I'm not sure how can i explain this, but i will try to justify I have many lines with a different percentage, And I want to get the average percentage without including the 0%, (0% can be showed in different column either a,b,c,d) so if line nos. sample showed below, how can i get the correct formula for this?
    Line no. 1: A1=100%, B1 =75%, C1=0%, D1=90% Answer is 88.3%
    Line no. 2: A2=80%, B2=0%, C2=95%, D2=0% Answer is 87.5%

    Thank you in advance.

      1. Thank you Alexander, it's helping me a lot.

  37. I am wanting to write a formula for a S/S. I want it to pick up certain words in column C such as Robot, Ford, ABP and then calculate the discount % that should be applied to the price in column D from the RRP in column E.

    I have written this but Excel is not accepting the formula. =IF(C5="Robot"),E5*0.74) what am I doing incorrect please?

    so for example; Robot dog in column C RRP is $2660 in column E. I get 26% discount from Robot dog and I want column D to give me that discounted price.

    1. Hello!
      If I understood your description of the problem correctly, then you can calculate the discount using something like this formula:

      =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Robot",C1,1)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Ford",C1,1))),E1*0.26,E1)

      You can learn more about SEARCH function in Excel in this article on our blog.

      1. Thank you!! that is great. Is there a way to write several words with different % discounts?
        So Robot dog is 26% discount, but Ford is 37% discount and ABP is 15% discount? The above formula worked great for Robot dog but was unable to get the other discount % for Ford, ABP etc.
        :) appreciate your support and assistance.

          1. Thank you so much! you have been ever so helpful!

  38. Hi,
    I am needing to - % from RRP to find out the Sell Price.
    So RRP is in cell E5, discount is in cell I5 then I want to find Sell price in cell F5.

    I am trying =E5*(1-I5) but it isn't giving me the correct output that I get from a calculator.

    Example - on a calc 2660-10% = 2394. But on excel i am getting -23940. What am I missing in my formula please?

    thanks!

    1. Hello!
      In cell I5, write down 10%. If 10 is written in I5, then use the formula

      =E5*(100-I5)/100

      This is covered in the manual above.

  39. Please I would like to convert a 100% CA to a 40% CA so what is the formula or function required to carry out these activities. I would also like to know if excel could be used to determine the remarks and rank of an examination results

  40. any one tell me how to convert 40000 value into 30 different rows which formula i can use

  41. Please help me find my Salary's 65 % percentage and its provident fund is 8.33 %.

    for example, my salary is 700,000/- I need to know it's 65 % and 8.33% for 65 %.

  42. Dear Sir,
    Please show me the formula for following sum in excel.

    A1 = 125
    A2 = 335
    A3 = 345
    A4 = 550
    A5 = 246

    Total of A1 + A3 +A5 = 716 I know the 18% of the total 716 is 128.88, but what formula should I use in excel to get 18% figure?

  43. Please help me to find the percentage: I had 1,178 jobs and had 46 returns back to finish something. What is the percentage of my returns?

  44. Hi

    How would I work out what the overall percentage is based on team size, so team A has 9 member and produce 456 orders and team B has 22 members and produce 600. What percentage is it based on team size. The most productive team is A but what calculation would I use?

    1. Hi!
      Your question is not related to Excel. But I would suggest finding the number of orders per member. Divide 456 by 9.

  45. How to write
    Mr. Bred R Belt got 65% marks
    =TEXTJOIN (" ",TRUE,A3,B3,E3,C3,"got",D3 and more requirements

  46. Hi Pls help me out to get the value of x in Excel.
    E.G. - X + 1.25% is 150
    how to get the X?

  47. How can I calculate the 2 percentage result from my activity via excel? lets say I have 80% for written assessment under D3 then I have 70% for call assessment under G3. Whats the whats the formula for excel to get the total percentage for both? Please help

  48. Hello sir/Madam,
    in Excel sheet (%) calculation is wrong going
    example -

    L.Cost - 135
    Sales Cost - 232
    Profit - 58.19%

    now - L.Cost is 135 * 58.19% = 78.56 (135+78.56=213.56)

    and sales cost is showing 232
    Please guide how to find answer

    1. Hi!
      58.19% is a percentage of 232. Therefore, multiplying 135 by 58.19% is incorrect and does not make sense. But this has nothing to do with Excel.

  49. I want to know how to calculate the following in excel:
    I have a class of 27 students and they all achieved grades: I want to work out the percentage that got a level 9, level 8, etc.

    For example, I can then report that 28% achieved a level 9, 32% a Level 8, so on and so forth!

    1. Hello!
      To count how many students have reached level 9, use the COUNTIF function. The calculation of the percentage of this number is described in detail in this article above.
      If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  50. Hi, we have a property with our daughter purchase $635000 we have put in $325000 and daughter $310000 we are doing improvements to the property which will add to the total.
    Question. What formula would I use to show what percentage each has in the total, thanks in advance

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