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.

Percentage Formula: Know How to Calculate Percentage in Excel along with Solved questions and examples and Download formula PDF list.

You can use the same formula in Excel, Excel Online, and Google Sheets to calculate the cube root or cube of any number or value.

Find out more about free cash flow, the formula for calculating free cash flow, and how to calculate a company's free cash flow using Microsoft Excel.

Learn how to calculate the net present value (NPV) of your investment projects using Excel's XNPV function.

In Excel, every date is stored as a serial number, starting from January 1, 1900, which is serial number 1. So, January 2, 1900, is serial number 2, January 3, 1900, is serial number 3, and so on.

A straight ranking result is easy using one of Microsoft Excel’s ranking functions. Calculating a conditional rank is even easier if you let an Excel PivotTable do all the work.

How to Multiply a Column of Numbers Times a Percentage in Excel. Microsoft Office Excel includes dozens of function options to help you automatically generate values in cells across a spreadsheet.

How to Calculate Negatives in Excel. Microsoft Excel has the ability to automatically recognize a positive or negative number that you enter in a cell. However, if an incorrect format is selected ...

To calculate hours worked, enter valid time values into B2 and C2. For example, enter 11:00 PM as the Time In and 7:00 AM as the Time Out, and Excel will display 8, the correct number of hours ...

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