Percentages are calculating incorrectly

When I attempt to calculate a percentage in Numbers... The calculation result is incorrect.


Here's a simple example...


100 x .8 = 80%


Numbers is giving me the result of 8000% Screen shot included.


I'm loosing my mind trying to figure out how to fix this.


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Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz i7, Mac OS X (10.6.3), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD HD

Posted on Aug 9, 2018 11:31 PM

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Posted on Aug 9, 2018 11:39 PM

.8 is 80% (Try putting .8 into a cell and format it as a %)

100 times 80% is 8000%

Excel gives the same result if you multiply 100 times .8 and format the result as %.

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