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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. i WANT TO CALCULATE THE VALUE OF LET SUPPOSE a= 499 AND B=220 AND WANT TO CALCULATE MULTIPLE OF BOTH VALUES WITH 14%. PLEASE SUGGEST THE VALUE. HOPE IT MAKE SENSE.

    1. Hi,
      I hope you have studied the recommendations in the tutorial above. It contains answers to your question

  2. how to divide percentage into two person for eg if A gets 50 % of total sales B should automatically get the 40% of total sales

    1. Hello!
      If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

      =IF(B1=0.5*A1,A1*0.4,"")

      I hope it’ll be helpful.

  3. How toh calculated percentage this value 44.835 to 61.044 value .how many percentage value add toh this value 44.835 than value is 61.044

    1. Hi,
      I hope you have studied the recommendations in the tutorial above. It contains answers to your question.

  4. Hi! how do I calculate , total manpower skill-61 persons & unskill -75 person.
    need my manpower 70% skill & 30% unskill.

  5. Hello, so I am attempting to calculate a percentage of completed task. The completed task are marked by a "1" in a specific column there are 3 column for each row. i know that what the percentage would be if only one or two task were completed ( 1 task completed = 33%, 2 completed =66%, all 3 task = 100%). A little more information; this spreadsheet is used for QC to ensure 3 task are completed for an organization. The organizations are listed vertically in the spreadsheet and three columns to the right headers are named after the task, each task once completed are marked with a one in the corresponding column/row for the organization. any help will be appreciated.

    1. Hello!
      Percentage on each line can be calculated

      =SUM(B1:D1)/3

      But I'm not sure if this is what you want. Рlease describe your task in more detail.

  6. Hi! how do I calculate14% of R74.20 using excel formula please

  7. Hi, there can anyone help me? how can I calculate Multiple merge percentage?

  8. Hi there I need to get a percentage between 2 totals that equate to 100% example..
    I need to sell 50% retail 50 % services. I would like to be able to have both totals show like this month it was 65% retail and 35% services. How do I do this formula?

    1. Hello!
      You can learn more about calculating the total in Excel on our blog. How to calculate percentages based on these results is described in detail in this article above.
      I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  9. Hi I need to calculate a KPI measure on deliveries made.
    5 deliveries made 1 of those was late. KPI fail anything below 98% however it comes up 80% pass which is a fail.
    Surely this is not correct as they might as well say 100% delivery.
    I thought it should be around 98% what am I doing wrong.
    Thank you

    1. Hello!
      I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me. For me to be able to help you better, please describe your task in more detail. Please specify what you were trying to find, what formula you used and what problem or error occurred. Give an example of the source data and the expected result.
      It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you.

  10. I really love your commitment to providing me with this information.

    I just wanted to point out that you have a typo and I am not trying to be critical. But I hope these comments are taken with the best of intentions.

    Regards

  11. Hi, I was given a large table that contains several divisions of an organization: Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, and so up to Division 9. Each division has a certain number of tasks complete and some others not complete. The column only indicates "complete"; "not complete".
    I am asked to indicate the percentage of the complete tasks and not complete tasks per division. The original table had all the division data together, so I ordered the divisions from 1 to 9, then created a table for each division, then ordered from A-z. Now I have all the complete tasks first and below the not complete. But now, per each division, I had hundreds of rows. So I count from row 2 (row 1 is headings) to the last row (e.g.578), and then from row 2 to the last "complete" (e.g. 98) and I know I have 97 complete tasks. Then to calculate the not complete I take from row 99 to 578 and know that not complete counts for 479. Then I calculate the percentage dividing number of complete and not complete for the total. But it takes forever and a day more. There should be a way to make this easier, but I cannot figure it out. I will be happy to email the table in case my explanation is not clear. Thanks!

    1. Hello!
      Unfortunately, without seeing your data it is impossible to give you advice.

      I'm sorry, it is not very clear what result you want to get. Could you please describe your task in more detail and send us a small sample workbook with the source data and expected result to support@ablebits.com? Please shorten your tables to 10-20 rows/columns and include the link to your blog comment.

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

  12. Quite helpful. Many thanks.

  13. Hi!

    What formula can I use to find the time percentage with the given below?

    Computing for Submission Time. Target is between 00:05:00 to 00:15:00, actual time is 00:07:48.

    Is it possible to convert 00:07:48 to a percent of the target?

    Thanks!

    1. from first look i would sugest dividing minutes and seconds in different columns. it will complicate formula a bit

  14. Hi all,

    I am trying to work out a weekly percentage average for colleagues.
    The total is worked out from any combination of days from Sunday through to Saturday.
    The problem I have is that colleagues can work one day or five days. How do I get the formula to understand that?

  15. Hello, I need to figure out the formula to create in a excel report calculating the percentage of Manual jobs vs Schedule jobs and then the differences "change" in that percent each month

    example Sept = 105 jobs 63 manual and 42 schedule for Sept - manual = 60% Schedule 40% - put that formula in my excel and then figure out OCT 107 jobs 60 manual and 47 schedule - manual =56% -schedule =44% - now the difference between Sept and Oct - how do I plug that into my excel

    Thanks you

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, when your data is written in range A1: C2, then the change in percentage points can be calculated in D2 using the formula

      =A1/C1-A2/C2

      Set the percentage format to D2.
      I hope it’ll be helpful.

  16. Good afternoon,

    I need the correct formula for the scenario below:

    In a call center setting: Sara receives 100 calls, accepts 87, missed or declines the other 13. I need the formula to calculate the percentage of calls accepted.

    1. Hello!
      This is not a task for Excel, but for the school.
      = 87/100

      Set the format to percentages in the cell.

  17. 445.....
    =445*10/100

    44.500

  18. I want calculate as below please give me formula on my email

    100 total value less 25% =75 than less 5
    5 from 75 and than total of both %

    please give me formula

  19. Hi
    I have a column of revenue ($251) and the next column is the percentage of profit made 80%, so what is the formula to get the profit amount in the next column? Which would be 80% of $251?

  20. Hi. My paste special does not have the option of 'operation'. So, i cannot do the formula - How to increase / reduce an entire column by a percentage

  21. thanks

  22. How can I find the yearly %change of data population of people through out the year?so can you give me some idea.

  23. how to calculate the formula for
    mrp rate 80 + 10% on mrp = total

    1. Hello!
      I’m sorry but your task is not entirely clear to me. Could you please describe it in more detail? What result do you want to get? Thank you!

  24. I have been trying to properly sum-up the percentage of each item to equal 100. However, the total is always not equal to 100%, either 99.9% or 100.01% is the closest. Is there any other way to round-off percentage that resulted in 100% in total. Enclosed example. Thank you.

    Species Planted Area Planted (%)
    A. mangium 67,340.0 80.4%
    A. crassicarpa 890.0 1.1%
    E. pellita 12,020.0 14.4%
    E. degluta 2,894.0 3.5%
    Others 617.0 0.7%
    Total 83,761.0 100.1%

    1. hello!
      The cause of your problem is rounding numbers. In the Excel settings, the "Set precision as displayed" parameter is set. Your interest is automatically rounded to one decimal place. If you increase the accuracy of the calculations to two decimal places, the problem will disappear. Or in the last line of the calculation (0.7%) calculate the percentage as the difference between 100% and all previous values (100-80.4-1.1-14.4-3.5 = 0.6%)

  25. I would like to know the Amount of 30% = Rs. 120

  26. hi how to increase the value of a cell by adding some percentage
    ex: F16+25%

  27. Given an appraisal score in E5 and the current salary in F5, how do I calculate the new salary which could be either a)an increase by 10%,if the appraisal score is at least 75,or b)an increase by 5% if this score is greater than 60.Else,the if statement must return the text,No INCREASE.

    1. Hello Archie!
      If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

      =IF(E5>75,F5*1.1,IF(E5>60,F5*1.05,F5))

      I hope this will help

  28. I want to get 100% based on in total
    example
    3
    37
    total 40
    =(3/40)*100% = 8%
    =(37/40)*100% = 93%
    total 101%
    So it showing more than 100%. In this case, how i should do, please guide me
    Thank you

  29. How do you calculate the percentage difference in (2) prices? I have vendor A offering this material for $1000 and vendor B is offering the same material for $800.

    1. Hello Michael!
      To calculate how many percent price B (800) is less than price A (1000), divide the difference between prices by price A. Multiply by 100%
      (1000-800)/1000 * 100%

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

    =(((A1-201)*10)+101*7+51*5)*(A1 > 201)+ ((A1-100)*7+51*5)*(A1 > 100)*(A1 <= 201)+ ((A1-49)*5)*(A1 =50)

    I hope this will help, otherwise please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.

  31. Incentive (₹) Calls Target
    Not Applicable >50
    5₹ 50 to 100
    7₹ 101 to 201
    10₹ over 202
    A agent is taking 300 call in a month.How much will be total money?
    How to calculate incentive by formula.

  32. I need to find out the % of personnel per group and then overall organizational percentage completed required 40-hours continued educational training.
    I have Divisions (4 each) and under each Division is Departments (see below)
    San Diego / N1 / completed CEUs / percentage completed
    San Diego / N3 / completed CEUs / percentage completed
    San Diego / N5 / completed CEUs / percentage completed
    San Diego / N7 / completed CEUs / percentage completed
    San Diego / N9 / completed CEUs / percentage completed

    I have the total completed units per employee and his/her % completed
    "What I need to know is N1 combined is what % completed for the year, and the same for N1, N5, N7 & N9
    can someone assist?

  33. please i want the to formula calculating 12.5% of basic salary as salary tax.
    and 10% of basic salary as rent allowance on Excell. let us say basic salary is as fellow s
    1year-5000
    2year-2000
    3year-1000

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

      =IF(A1=1,5000*(0.125+0.1),IF(A1>=3,1000*(0.125+0.1),2000*(0.125+0.1)))

  34. Hello! I understand your discussion great! Super helpful. Is there a way i can make my numbers automatically round up in the same answer column? For example, i am finding 15% of 242 to = the number of records i need to pull for a review. However the answer is 36.3. Is there a way to make any answer automatically round up to the next whole number? Thanks for your help:)

    1. Hello Samantha!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula
      =ROUNDUP(A1*0.15,0)
      If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

  35. How do you distribute say an amount to different cost centres using percentage?

  36. 21-18 what is difference in percentage formula in excel

  37. Don't ask what others have done for you, but ask what you have done for others

  38. How to find the answer in excel sheet below sum
    10×870-48%

  39. Holy Cow: People are getting lazy or what. Almost all the queries that are submitted can be figured out by simply reading what you wrote. Just that simple. If your in Business and can not do Basic Math, you're in the Wrong Business, because this basically is taught in grade 6 math, yes, grade 6.

  40. Hi,
    =SUM(C5)+(C5*10%) + 20% = display total value
    (44.50 + 11.12)+(11.12)= 67.24
    i want to add 20% on total of (C5)+(C5*10%) and direct display final total H5 i.e. 67.24
    Thank you.

  41. Hi,
    please help me out from this
    i am having two times one is incoming time second one is outgoing time
    from these i need to pull out >24 and <24 data and there percentage also please healp me

  42. Hi, i am using excel 2007, i am having trouble dragging down the cursor. It is not calculating or updating automatically when I drag down ( which I already put the formula on the first row/column) what i am trying to do is instead of typing manually on each and every column, I want a quick percentage calculation. I've already ticked on automatic on calculation but the formulanis still not working. The formula for series and format cell is working but not the percentage one. Someone please help.

  43. Hi,
    Can anyone help me in solving this:
    The baseline for one of the indicators is 100 while the target is 20. One quarterly basis the progress is Q1 80, Q2 75 and Q3 2o, it means the target is achieved in Q3. Now how can I find the Target achieved in Numbers and the Target achieved in Percentage?
    Thanks

  44. Hi,
    I need to work out what percentage of people achieved a certain result range. For example, how many of a percentage achieved 99-99.90 and next group 98-98.95.
    Thank you.

  45. Isn't the first example of apples wrong?
    If I have 20 apples for 5 friends, then each should receive 20% and not 25%.
    I think that formula is not suitable for this example.

    1. Hi Hermes,

      Our example is different from yours, please read carefully :)

      Suppose, you have 20 apples and you gave 5 to your friends (not to 5 friends, you just give 5 apples to someone). How much did you give, percentage wise? The answer is 25% (i.e. 5 is 25% of 20).

  46. Hi,
    Thank you for this article. I may have a slightly complicated case.
    Cells A1 through A3 have fixed values. Cells B1 through B3 will have different percentages. Cell B4 will have the total of Cells A1 through A3 after they have been adjusted by the corresponding percentages in Cell B1 through B3. For instance, A1 is 10, B1 is 100%. A2 is 20, B2 is 50%. A3 is 30, B3 is 0%. The expected value in B4 should be 20. What is the correct formula to use in B4, and is there a way to use ranges for this so that if I insert more rows they will automatically be captured in the formula?
    Thanks very much.

    1. Hi, it's me again. I just wanted to say that a friend of mine helped me out to use the SUMPRODUCT function properly. I had incorrect syntax. =SUMPRODUCT($A1:$A3,B1:B3) is what should be in cell B4. Also the reason I use dollar signs in front of A1 and A3 is because when I copy this formula to column C so that I can give a different set of percentages, C4 will still reference the initial values in the A column. I hope that someone out there finds this information useful.
      I also want to thank the author for using a comment section that does not require registration. I know there is a lot of abuse out there with bots, but I'm the type of person that doesn't bother posting if there's registration required.
      Best regards,
      CK

  47. How to calculate grades in percent using excel?

  48. I am using excel to keep track number of tickets sold for a h.s. reunion and their totals. That piece is done. I and am using PayPal for credit card processing they charge 2.9% I am not able to figure out that particular formula. I am keeping the total raw ticket amounts in cell D112.
    I would like to take D112 * 2.9% and place the result into B114. I have tried and tried to figure out the proper formula with no luck. Can you please help me out with this. It should be a simple formula but it seems to elude me

  49. From your explanations, solutions are glaring. Thank you.

  50. Hi.
    i want to give 100 marks if percentage is 85%. how can i do this in excel. Any formula, please.

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