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 ...

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 ...

The $130 fishing rod was first marked down 40 percent, and now it’s an additional 25 percent off. How much will it end up costing? If you’re not sure how to go about figuring this out, you’re not ...

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 ...

Calculating profit as a percentage of revenue shows relative profitability, like Apple's 30.5% vs Fitbit's 20.5%. Common size income statements allow comparisons across companies and time by ...

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 ...

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 ...

A retail business buys finished goods from suppliers and manufacturers and sells them to consumers and businesses. Retailers may also assemble or manufacture products for resale. Financial ratios ...

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.

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 ...