Calculate Percentages in Google Sheets Wrap-Up

You have calculated percentages and completed a purchase plan! These are important skills that you will be able to use throughout your life in many ways.

For example, you will be able to use these skills to create a budget for yourself, your family, or your business.

Percentages give you a better idea of the impact an amount has on the whole.

For example, if your principal announced that the budget for the spring dance has been cut by $400, you may not understand how much of your budget is affected.

But if you learn that 30% of the budget will be taken away, you will have a better idea of the impact that will have on the entire budget.

In this lesson, you: Set up your spreadsheet to be organized for your calculations...

You added details about your items, discounts, and costs...

You calculated discounts and costs after discounts...

You researched and calculated taxes and additional fees...

And you calculated the subtotals and grand total.

In this lesson, you calculated percentages for purchases.

But you can calculate percentages for many reasons, such as to track statistics for a sport or to plan how you will use your garden space.

Using these skills will make it easier to complete many tasks, for school, your social life, or just for fun!