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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. thanks

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

  3. 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!

  4. 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%)

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

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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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%

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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?

  13. 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)))

  14. 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.

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

  16. 21-18 what is difference in percentage formula in excel

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

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

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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

  22. 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.

  23. 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

  24. 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.

  25. 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).

  26. 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

  27. How to calculate grades in percent using excel?

  28. 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

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

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

  31. Hi,
    I would like to calculate to know the rates by a percentage for example
    1 kgs Coffee is 100/- and 1Kg Chicory 80/- and now I need to divide the rates with a formula like if I enter 1 kg marking 70% coffee and 30% Chicory I need the right answer on my excel table please help me to solve this......

  32. THANKS A LOT THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION.

  33. trying to put a sum in which will calculate superanuation of 9.5% of total wages for example employee was paid 52,206.10 need to calculate 9.5%

  34. =495*25/100

    Amount you want to calculate, it has to be multiplied by the percentage then it has to be divided by 100

    =495*25/100= 123.75
    so you need to pay (495-123.75)=371.25

  35. 300 is total and 192 is marks then how many percentage

    1. =192/300*100

      =64%

  36. sir,
    what is this amount of percentage below the amont
    1,475,196.00 92,791,034.00

  37. How do I create a negative percentage when one of my values is zero?
    Target Quantity On Hand
    (8,000) 0

    I have an overabundance of supply based on my target (8,000 grams) and 0 grams on hand to make more product - percent to target should be negative.

  38. hi it may help to the people opened realy their mind clear

  39. Thanks for the tutorial I appreciate but please send it to my email

  40. A B C
    Name percentage Result
    ZENITH 55
    ANUP 30

    How to Analyze this data table ??

  41. I need to enter the formulas that calculate the percentage of the grand total for each type of school supply ( total cost of each item divided by the grand total) my formulas must use appropriate absolute cell references. Format the calculated values as Percentage with 0 decimal places.
    Cells B(cost/unit) C(Sept.Units) D(Sept.Cost) E(% of Grand Total)
    B5$0.75 C5 29 units D5$21.75 E5 3%

  42. Please, how to calculate the value plus 5 percent of the value

    1. Hi Salisu,

      Assuming the value is in A1, use one of these formulas:

      =A1+A1*0.05 or =A1*(1+5%)

  43. I have 23 people in my division. We have to take 10 mandatory trainings. I want to find the percentage for each person as well as the percentage for the division for each class. How do I do this?

  44. Trying to find out how to see total percentage for a project. The project has 9 people involved. Each are tasked to complete the same tasks, but they can do at different times.
    When the individual tasks that have been assigned are complete they mark it down. At any moment I can see what percentage of the tasks assigned each team member has completed. But now what i want to see is the TOTAL percentage for all the team members. So if some are at 13% complete others are at 100% ... what is the completion percentage? what formula would i need to use?

  45. HELLO I WANT TO ASK YOU HOW TO MAKE A PERCENTAGE IN THIS FORM 12/% , BECAUSE I'M TRYING BUT I FAIL WHY I NEED TO GET THE BEST STEPS ABOUT THAT FORM.

    1. Hi, 1st of all you should type digits or any price,
      Example, 350
      Start fromula. =350*12/100 Enter.....

  46. i need the following formular were an amout equals 120%

  47. i work in a restaurant and i'm trying to track servers comps % to their sales and i want to give -5 points to them for every $13.00 in comps for $100 in sales. im trying to have the sales/comp table to be on one page and the points on a second page that will be printed and posted. i hope this made since, our sales are high so it would be more like 2550 in sales and 198 in comps for one server on 5 days and 1320 sales and 180 in comps for a server on 3 days so the % of that then with -5 per $13 in comps per 100. it needs to be fair for a one day server whos going to have a low comp number vs a 5 day who will have a high comp number. if you can help or send me in the right direction i would be grateful. thank you.

  48. Hello,

    How would I be able to find what missing "x" is in percentage. For example, I was given a total gross number ($7617.00) and a certain percentage was used to come up with total taxes paid of $571.28. How can I find out what percentage they used to come up with the $571.28? Is there a formula I can use to figure out missing "x" value? Please help.

    THank you

  49. I have a column in my excel sheet which has temperatures. I am looking to calculate for how much percentage of time do I see temperatures below "X" degC, between "X" degC and "Y" degC and above "Y" degC.
    I appreciate the help. Thank you

  50. Thank you so much! It's really helpful.

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