Benford's law shows that around 30 percent of numbers will start with a 1, 18 percent with a 2, and 4.

6 percent with the number 9.

Copy any set of figures into Column B and see how the data compares with Benfords prediction.
Range
C6
C99
Actual
Predicted
Percent
Benfords
No's
First Char
1338.93
1
Ones
4
33.333
30.103
151.58
1
Two's
2
16.667
17.6091
294
2
Three's
1
8.333
12.4939
1684.51
1
Fours
1
8.333
9.691
1979.299
1
Fives
1
8.333
7.91812
259
2
Sixes
1
8.333
6.69468
304.325
3
Sevens
1
8.333
5.79919
769
7
Eights
0
0.000
5.11525
903.575
9
Nines
1
8.333
4.57575
550
5
COUNT
12
467
4
600
6

nt with a 2, and 4.6 percent with the number 9.