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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. Hello, I'm trying to figure out how likely an event might happen given a string of prior events. Let's say player A has been selected in 10 drafts (2 player taken, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 1st, 3rd, 4th and 1st). I want to know what draft slot would he still be available in 90% of drafts, 75% of drafts, 50%, 25% and 10%. How can I do this in excel? Math is hard, Thanks!

      1. Hello Alexander, thank you for responding. I am not sure of the sequence of calculations, that's what I am hoping to get help with. I am trying to recreate some work I found online by an amazing fantasy baseball writer. He pulled data from several types of leagues, they differ in the types of scoring used to the amount of teams in the league. I am only pulling the data that most resembles the league I play in. From the data he was able to determine what pick players might be drafted in future drafts. For instance in 90% of drafts such and such player would still be available pick 3, in 75% of drafts they might still be available pick 5 and so on. I tried to use the PROB function but I wasn't sure how to set it up. I kept getting the #N/A error. Is this enough information to help?

  2. Hi, I have a list of products that are different days old (manufactured on different stages)
    I want to calculate out of this list what percentage of the products are between10 and 20 days old, 20 and 30days old etc. What formula can I use?

    For instance:
    Product 1 - 10 days
    Product 2 - 11 days
    Product 3 - 12 days
    Product 4 - 20 days
    Product 5 - 22 days
    Product 6 - 31 days

    Would I be able to use a formula to calculate the % of products between 10 - 20days and 20 - 30 days etc.
    Easy enough if sitting with say 6 products but not so easy if 1000's of products.

    Thanks!

    1. Hello!
      The formula below will do the trick for you:

      =FREQUENCY(A1:A10,D1:D4)/COUNT(A1:A10)

      A1:A10 - your data (days)
      D1:D4 - grouping value range (9, 19, 29,39)
      Set formula cells to percentage format.

  3. Hi, Can you help me calculate a running/cumulative percentage? Meaning if I took a price increase of 4% in April, a 6% price increase in June, 0% price increase in November and a 7% price increase in December. How can I calculate the total % of the increase in a year? I cannot just total them up. But I don't know how to create the formula that builds them up to the correct %. I'd like to create the formula for a 12 month period, where some months took 0% for certain products.

    Thanks

  4. 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?

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  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. 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%))

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

  10. THREE COLUMN

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

    1. =coulmn*%/100+%

  11. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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

  14. 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?

  15. 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,

  16. 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!!

  17. 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.

  18. 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!!!

  19. 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. I solved the equation :-)

  20. 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.

  21. 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!

  22. 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.

  23. 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?

  24. 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.

  25. 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%

  26. 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 %

  27. 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.

  28. 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!

  29. 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.

  30. 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?

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  33. 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.

  34. I have a task that has 15 steps to complete and this task is completed on multiple pieces of equipment. Several steps can be conducted at the same time on each piece of equipment. I want to calculate the percentage of completion for each piece of equipment. Each step is assigned a percentage based on time to complete. I want to record this in as simple way as possible. I want to assign the required percentage for each step to a field/column and then record it using 0 for 0%, 0.5 for 50% and 1 for 100% and then have the percentage complete show as a percentage in the end field/column. So if field/column C is assigned 6%, D is assigned 14%, E is assigned 4% and I enter 0.5 in C, 1 in D and 0 in E in the end field/column overall complete percentage I would get 17%. Can you please help with a formula for this?

      1. Thank you, Alexander. I'm grateful for your help and will be recommending your site to all at work.

  35. 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

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

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

  39. 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.

  40. 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

  41. 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?

  42. 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.

  43. 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.

  44. 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?

  45. 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%)

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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%

  49. 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)))

  50. 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.

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