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.
If you compare it to the basic math formula for percentage, you will notice that Excel's percentage formula lacks the *100 part. When calculating a percent in Excel, you do not have to multiply the resulting fraction by 100 since Excel does this automatically when the percentage format is applied to a cell.And now, let's see how you can use the Excel percentage formula on real-life data. Enter the formula =C2/B2 in cell D2, and copy it down to as many rows as you need. 2  Click the Percent Style button (Home Number group) to display the resulting decimal fractions as percentages. 3  Remember to increase the number of decimal places if needed, as explained in Percentage tips.