How do you figure percentages?

[Brian H]

We have a debate going in the office...

Lets say you did $500 in cleaning and sold $100 in Scotchgard, so $600 total.

Are your S/G sales 20% ($100 divided by $500).

or are they 16.66% ($100 divided by $600).

What do you think?

 

[Desk Jockey]

I think its obvious why I didn't pass accounting...either time.

Never take summer classes, fewer classes but accelerated study.

 

[PrimaDonna]

Second one. Because the total sale is $600 ($500 in cleaning, and $100 scotchgard). In the first example you are dividing the Scotchgard Portion $100, by the cleaning portion $500. I think you want to know what % of the job was SG.

So of the total ticket, Scotchgard was 16.6% of the total sale (100/600), and cleaning was 83.3% (500/600)

 

[J Scott W]

We did it the same as Meg.

 

[PrimaDonna]

We have a debate going in the office...

So....which end of the debate were you on?

 

[dgardner]

I could see an answer either way depending on the exact question.

You could say SG sales make up 16% of gross revenue, but if you're comparing the two you could also say SG sales are 20% compared to cleaning revenue.

 

[Joe Appleby]

What if it's Teflon?

 

[Ron K]

What if it's Teflon?

Thats a slippery slope.

 

[dgardner]

Interesting idea. Let's throw it against the wall and see if it sticks...

 

[Mike Draper]

my sister is graduating in 3 months as a mathematician / statistician. I could ask her if you want?

 

[Nate The Great]

Thats a slippery slope.

I'm not slippery!!!

 

[hogjowl]

The correct answer is which ever one you choose and make company policy.

 

[Brian H]

So....which end of the debate were you on?

My preference is the 2nd one. I want to see what percentage the number is of the total.

 

[Willy P]

I think its obvious why I didn't pass accounting...either time.

Never take summer classes, fewer classes but accelerated study.

 

[clean image]

It's 2 different questions your asking with2 different answers.

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1. As a tech, he added 20% to the ticket.

2. As admin , the add on was 16.6% of the gross total

 

[clean image]

Back in the day, as an independent sub, we got paid a percentage, with extra sales percentage a huge factor.

We would divide extra sales by book amount.

600= 20%

 

[clean image]

Oops. Hit wrong button

100/500= 20%

But now more as admin, I look at it different.

 

[Shane Deubell]

We have a debate going in the office...

Lets say you did $500 in cleaning and sold $100 in Scotchgard, so $600 total.

Are your S/G sales 20% ($100 divided by $500).

or are they 16.66% ($100 divided by $600).

What do you think?

#2 based on the specific question but like others have said you can get get a different answer by changing a couple words around.

Thats why we have lies, dam lies and statistics

 

[dealtimeman]

It's 2 different questions your asking with2 different answers.

.

1. As a tech, he added 20% to the ticket.

2. As admin , the add on was 16.6% of the gross total

I agree with this

 

[Brian H]

Thanks all for the feedback. I think I have a better handle on it now and I can see that both numbers are important.

The first as a measure of the technician's sales.

The second as a measure of the overall sales as a percent of the total dollar.

 

[Shane Deubell]

You're the boss, if you dont like the answer just change the question

 

[dealtimeman]

happy i could help!

 

[KevinL]

What if it's Teflon?

And what if it's generic like Soil Blocker from Hardball Chemical? O' ya, more profit in your pocket.