There are a few ways and it may become more understandable to you if you
consider this. Dividing any number by 100 gives 1% of that number so in your
case

196/100*25 = 25% of 196

to make this into an excel formula put an = sign in front

=196/100*25

Mike

"adstarc" wrote:

I am new to excel and I am trying to find out how to do percentages. One of
my questions is find out 25% of 196 and I am just drawing a blank!