title: How to do a simple maths percetange calculation correctly in vb.net?
body: <p>Can this equation be reworked to a correctly formatted string?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim Total = MyNumber / 100 * MyVAT
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Produces error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"Input string was not in a correct format" 
  </code></pre>