If you are using Microsoft Excel to manage numerical data, at some point you're inevitably going to display percentages. Doing so can give you a new insight, or make summarizing heaps of data a bit ...

How to calculate percentages is easier than you think. Quick, what’s 36% of 25? Or how about 250% of 20? Learn a quick and dirty tip to help you calculate all of those pesky percentages in your head.

Review budgets post-project to understand expense variances and improve forecasting. Calculate over-budget percentages by subtracting budgeted amounts from actual costs. Analyze specific items in your ...

This post explains how to calculate Weighted Average in Excel with percentages. In a standard arithmetic average where the sum of values is divided by the number of values, each data value is treated ...

Let's face it: Even the best budgets can't always predict your actual expenses. Things happen. Unexpected costs arise. That's life. That's why it's so useful to review your budget after a project is ...

Calculate annual % change by dividing start by end value, raising to inverse years, minus one, times 100. Ex: a drop from $15M to $10M over 2 years is a 18.4% average annual decline. This calculation ...

Calculating how far a number has declined from one year to the next is pretty easy if you are only considering a one year period. You subtract the current year's number from last year's number, then ...

Even after years of strength training, there are still times when I’m unsure how heavy my weights should be. Most advice is to take a subjective approach – you should increase or reduce the weight you ...