AT Museum manager Joe EarthTone Harold did an informal social media survey of hikers earlier this year, to learn about the sources of trail names on the Appalachian. Of 223 respondents, 77% said they had a trail name. Of these, 80% had been given their name and 20% chose their own.
When creating a formula that should return a percentage value, you will need to format the field correctly to get the % sign to properly show. Right-click on the field in question, select Format Field. Click the Display Currency Symbol checkbox. Click the Customize button. Click the Currency Symbol tab.
Say that your company sold $125,000 this quarter, and you need to find out what percentage $20,000 is of the total. To find out, divide $20,000 by $125,000. Hereâs the formula in cell C2: =B2/A2. The result is shown as 0.16 because cell C2 is not formatted as a percentage. To format 0.16 as a percentage, (which will also remove the zero) on the Home tab, click the Percentage button.