If we need to calculate the percent of a number you just need to divide the number by whole and multiply with 100. 239448 3890567 x 100 615 Therefore the librarys inventory of books decreased by 615 in two years. 0 represents nothing and 100 represents the entire.
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If you want to calculate a percentage of a number in Excel simply multiply the percentage value by the number that you want the percentage of. To figure out the decimal form of a percent simply move the decimal two places to the left. For example the decimal form of 10 percent is 01. Next divide this number by the original number and multiply by 100 to calculate the percentage increase.