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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. 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?

  2. 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?

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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%

  6. 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 %

  7. 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.

  8. 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!

  9. 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.

  10. 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

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

  12. 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 %.

  13. 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?

  14. 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?

  15. 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.

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

  17. 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?

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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

  22. Hi!
    If I write the formula =17*0.9 into the cell, then I get the result 15.3.
    If you get 17 as a result of other calculations, then use the decimal format in the cell. You will see the number 17.33

  23. Sorry I've resolved using the ROUND formula.

  24. Please explain why in Excel if you multiply 17*0.9 = 15.6, & using a calculator = 15.3

    very frustrating when you cannot trust your excel cal?

  25. Could anybody help me please on how to work out percentage of a loan on Excel. Eg. if I have a loan at a 2.29% paying it back in 5 years with certain amount of monthly payments, I want to see on Excel how it reduces with each payment until the balance is Zero.
    Is that something someone can help me with?
    Thank you in advance.
    Evelynne

  26. How can I get the percentage of fee$10 and customer 3169?

      1. Thanks for saying that

  27. 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.

  28. How to use the formula under this circumtance:

    If i have 100 bags which utilizes a vehicle 25% and further i add 300 more bags then how much the vehicle utilizes?

    Note: Here all three components (100 bags, vehicle utilization and new addition bags) are variable it changes with every row.

    Can you publish a formulae for this type of data? it will be very helpful.

    Peace!

  29. I need the percentage of spaces cleaned vs not clean by date. For example if on Jan 27 Door 1 was clean and Door 2 was cleaned that space was 100% cleaned.
    If Door 1 was cleaned and Door 2 was not cleaned that space was only 50% cleaned.

    Thanks.

    1. Hi,
      Sorry, I do not fully understand the task. You have not explained how the date relates to your question. If the execution of work is denoted as 0 or 1, then the formula can be

      =(A1+B1)/COUNT(A1,B1)

  30. I want to calculate price increase after 2 months given amount and percentage please how do I do it

    1. Hi,
      The information you provided is not enough to understand your case and give you any advice, sorry.
      Please provide me with an example of the source data and the expected result.

  31. how how to compute the shortages of my cashier
    60% and 40% in my supervisor.thanks for answering

  32. 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

  33. 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.

  34. 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.

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

  36. 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.

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

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

  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 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.

  41. 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

  42. 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.

  43. Quite helpful. Many thanks.

  44. 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

  45. 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?

  46. 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.

  47. 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.

  48. 445.....
    =445*10/100

    44.500

  49. 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

  50. 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?

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