On 11/27/05, at 10:36 AM, net kat netkat at comcast.net said: >What you say below mathmatically will not give you what you are thinking >verbally. > >"28.05 X 15%" might give you 4.2075, but what we want is "28.05 plus 15% >OF 28.05" I view that % key simply as a way to avoid using a decimal and it probably helps people who understand percentages better than decimals. I am constantly surprised how people don't understand decimals -- the .15¢/ pound turkey example. Tom Miller .................................................. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ...................................................