To convert a percentage to a ratio, you can use the following steps:
1. Remove percentage symbol
2. Divide value by 100
3. Convert Fraction to Reduced Fraction
For example, suppose you would like to convert 22% to a ratio.
First, convert 22% to 22.
Then, convert 22 to 22/100.
Lastly, write the reduced fraction as 11/50.
You can use the following formula in Excel to convert a percentage to a ratio:
=SUBSTITUTE(TEXT(A2,"?/??"),"/",":")
This particular formula converts the percentage in cell A2 to a ratio.
For example, if cell A2 contains
The following example shows how to use this formula in practice.
Example: Convert Percentage to Ratio in Excel
Suppose we have the following column of percentages in Excel:
Suppose we would like to convert each percentage to a ratio.
We can type the following formula into cell B2 to do so:
=SUBSTITUTE(TEXT(A2,"?/??"),"/",":")
We can then click and drag this formula down to each remaining cell in column B:
Column B displays each percentage in column A as a ratio.
For example:
- 22% is equivalent to a ratio of 11:50.
- 50% is equivalent to a ratio of 1:2.
- 100% is equivalent to a ratio of 1:1.
- 25% is equivalent to a ratio of 1:4.
And so on.
Additional Resources
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in Excel:
How to Find the Top 10% of Values in an Excel Column
How to Calculate Cumulative Percentage in Excel
How to Multiply Column by a Percentage in Excel
