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Pre tax and post tax percentages 2018-05-22
From Tom:
Hi,
I work in a clothes shop which can also do mail-orders. My Head Office has sent a report with which we can check the records we keep in store tally with those at HO.

According to that report we have taken £2578.25 in orders, excluding VAT (20%), which would therefore be £3093.91 including VAT (2578.25+20%=3093.91).

According to my records, we have taken £3179.32 including VAT, which would be £2543.45 excluding VAT (3179.32-20%=2543.45).

Why is it that the difference between the VAT inclusive figures (3179.32-3093.91) is +£85.41, but the difference between the VAT exclusive figures (2543.45-2578.26) is -£34.81?

Now, I can see from the report that 1 order has not been recorded by HO, and I know that our average order value is around £30, so the -£34.81 makes sense. But surely both figures should be a minus, regardless of whether they include VAT?

I'm sure there is an obvious answer, but I just cannot see it! Any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Tom

Answered by Penny Nom.
Actual Food Cost is 3% or more above Projected Food Cost 2009-04-07
From Kam:
Your store guidelines states that when Actual Food Cost is 3% or more above Projected Food Cost, immediate corrective action be taken by the Unit Manager. In January, your Actual Food Cost was $11,000, and your Projected Food Cost was $10,850. To find out what percentage the difference is do I divide the difference ($150) by Actual Food Cost ($11,000) or Projected Food Cost ($10,8500)? What would be the answer? Thanks
Answered by Harley Weston.
Percentage difference in pipe volumes 2009-02-22
From mike:
what is the % difference between a 3 inch diameter pipe compared to a 4 inch diameter pipe? and how do i find the answer?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percent difference 2008-08-12
From mike:
What is the percent difference between two homes if one is worth $525,000 and the other is $425,000. (525,000 - 425,000 = 100,000)
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage difference 2008-05-20
From Cavell:
Hi, the projected cost was 71,700. The actual cost was 56,876. What is the percent difference?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The percentage difference between 1/20 to 1/15 2007-10-11
From jake:
what is the percentage difference between 1/20 to 1/15....
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Percentage differences 2007-08-29
From Camilla:
If a store sells a certain syle of skirt, an in the first week they sell 13, in the second week 20, in the third week 17 and in the fourth week 23, calculate the percentage difference between the highest and the lowest weekly sale.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston.
Percentage difference between a microcentury and 50 minutes 2007-08-21
From Wonder:
A lecture period (50 min) is close to 1 microcentury. Find the percentage difference from the approximation?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Percentage change 2007-08-13
From Karen:
I need a formula for calculating percentages in Excel. For example, we = sold 4 units of an item one month, and 105 units the next. I need a = formula to calculate the percentage increase in sales units. Also, if = 5251 were sold one month and 651 the next, what is the formula for = calculating the percentage difference? Please help, thank you.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percent difference 2007-05-17
From Carolyn:
What is the % difference between these two numbers 211373 & 185420
Answered by Gabriel Potter, Penny Nom and Steve La Rocque.
The percentage difference between 64.24% and 74.24% 2007-03-03
From M:
What is the percentage difference between 64.24% and 74.24%?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
Percentage differences 2006-10-23
From Michael:
how do I calculate the percentage difference of a certain box size. for example. How much percent smaller is this box: 8.4mm x 6.3mm to this box: 9.35mm x 7mm
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
Plotting percentage change 2006-10-11
From Beckie:
I have worked out a set of percentage differences which are all percentage decrease. Should i express them as a negative percentage as -20%? I also need to plot them on a graph and am not sure whether to just use the percentage difference as it is, in which case i get a positive gradient, or include a negative axis and plot them in this way, in which case i would get a negative gradient. I think the slope of the curve will be the same either way so it might not matter!
Answered by Penny.
Percent difference 2004-04-10
From A parent:
For a school science project, my son Alex is taking measurements of plant growth at regular intervals. As part of the data, he must provide the maximum percent difference observed in the categories his team has identified.

So, for example he has six plants with four measurements each. (He has more, but I'll keep it simple) For the first plant he measured 2mm, 2.4mm, 2.9mm, and 3.2mm. For the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th plants, he has similar numbers. Is there a way to calculate the maximum percent difference between any two plants in his measurements during the project? Doing it for each combination would be tedious.

Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage difference 2004-03-28
From Someone:
what is the percentage difference between 157 to 251
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage 2002-07-20
From Sally:
If 20% of 100 is 80, then why is the percentage difference between 80 and 100 25%.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Percentage difference 2002-03-08
From Tedd:
Can you give me the formulas for calculating percentage differences between two numbers? For example: if the first number is 10 and the second number is 15, then the second number is 50% larger than the first number. However, the formula to calculate that percentage won't work if the first number is greater than the second number as in the following example: The first number is 15 and the second number is 10, with the second number being 33.3% less than the first number. Or maybe I'm mistaken and the same formula will work in both situations.
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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