Scientific American presents Math Dude by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies. Long time math fans may remember our first foray into the world ...

Percentages are a way of expressing proportion. Proportion tells you how much of one thing there is in relation to the whole. 'Per cent' means ‘out of 100’ and a percentage is written as a number with ...

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 ...

One way to find a percentage of an amount is to use 1%, 10% and 50% as building blocks. 1%, 10% and 50% can be used as building blocks for working out percentages in your head. 1% is 1⁄100. Work out 1 ...