Percentages aren't always easy to calculate, but one of the best tools in Excel's toolbox is calculating percentages for you. Here's how to do it.

The formula tells Excel to compute percentage markup and place it in the Percent Markup column. Copy the formula by clicking the black square in the lower right corner of cell C2 dragging down.

Although calculating a percentage in Microsoft Excel is easy, getting it to display properly requires a little extra effort, because Excel displays percentages in decimal format by default.

If you need to find the percentage change in Excel, especially across a range of cells, then this post offers step by step guidance.

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