Page 1 of Maths help for a thicko rqd

Right,

If i have a smaller number , say, £698,359 and i have a larger number like £1,000,000.

What do i tap into the calc, to find the %age increase from the smaller number to the bigger number? or how do i work out the uplift from the smaller to the larger?

Many thanks,

Neil

I think (even though I should know since I do GCSE Maths! :-D) that percentage increase can be worked out by following this equation:

CHANGE / ORIGINAL AMOUNT

So say you wanted to work out the change from £6.50 to £10.00, you would do:

(£10 - £6.50) / £10
= £3.50 / £10
= 35%

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You rudeboy Rik!!!

It works - and is certainly helping with a spreadsheet ive gotta give my Boss >:(

Neil

Yes - well done Rik......I have to use this simple calculation all day long at work to see how near to target I am.

.....oh, byt the way, did you know that, if you enter: 5318008 into your calculator and turn it upside down you get.......oh you do know.

Still makes me "tit"ter - even at 28 years old!!


Rob

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.....oh, byt the way, did you know that, if you enter: 5318008 into your calculator and turn it upside down you get.......oh you do know.

Heh, and what about 55378008 ?

Ste.

I`ve always thought of percent change as `last number divide by first number` then times it all by 100, and then minus 100....perhaps...but then again that could be for something completely different :-)..although at a rough guess...your figure has increased by approximately 43.2 %.

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This item was edited on Friday, 13th February 2004, 23:04

Alan`s got it right

Rik`s got it wrong

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Rik hasn`t got it wrong at all. That`s the correct way and description.
Rik`s answer of 35% is for his example.
Alan`s answer uses the right way (difference/original).
God knows what ((1000000/698359)x100)-100 is. Well I do but it`s not 43.2%.
But yeah 43 ish % is the right answer.

Ste

tis 43.192827757 etc etc mate....which is very, very close to the original estimate, so I think 43.2 IS in fact correct, if you round it up to 2 decimal places.

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This item was edited on Friday, 13th February 2004, 23:32

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so I think 43.2 IS in fact correct, if you round it up to 2 decimal places.Who`s saying it`s not correct?

Original post "or how do i work out the uplift from the smaller to the larger?"
Rik answered it with a simple workable example which Neiliboy was happy with.
No-one argued with the answer until bigfan said Rik was wrong. I don`t think he was..

Ste