When will the next Excel AMA occur in 2019?

Hello George Carlisle,

Haytham Amairah is correct in his description that 15 is in fact 1500%. I just want to add a couple of things to this:

In excel, when you format a number as a percentage, by definition "Percentage formats multiply the cell value by 100 and displays the result with a percentage symbol." So, 15 would become (15*100)% or 1500%.

With that in mind, it is possible to display 15 as 15%. To do this, you may create a custom format of type 0.00##\%. This will turn 15 into 15% strictly from a visual point of view, however, the cell's value is still 15 or 1500% not 15%. So, if you were to use this cell in any further calculations (i.e. multiplying this cell by 2), keep in mind that you will by calculating with 1500% and not 15% (i.e. multiplying this cell by 2 becomes 30 or 3000% not 30%).

I would suggest that you manually change your cells to a percentage either by dividing by 100 (i.e. 15/100) or by adding a % to the end of the number (i.e. 15%).

I hope this helps!
PReagan