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Not sure if I understood you right, but here is my 2 cents contribution.
Let's assume the highest value was 17134
Your first scale value should be 3500, isn't it?
Calcs:
Divide highest value 17134 by 25 , which gives 685.36
Round this figure to the next round number with just ONE single digit plus several zeros, i.e. 700
Multiply that number by 5, giving out 3500 which is your first scale value.

Another case, asume highest value is 73445. First scale should be 15000, isn't it?
Divide 73445/25 = 2937.8 rounded up to 3000
Multiply 3000 * 5 = 15000

HTH, and regards
Antonio
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Booth Martin escribió:

Here is a simple task with several complicated answers. I'd love to read your suggestions?

I am printing a 13-month graph of values. I can find the highest value, which might range from tens to millions. The graph's vertical scale will have 5 values. I plan to reduce the top scale number to be less than 100,000. But I want it to be an even value that is a larger value than the highest of the 13 values I am graphing. Since I want to deal with whole numbers on the graph, my target is to calculate the lowest number, then multiply it by 2, 3, 4, & 5 to get the other values.

For instance I am thinking that it might be something like this:

Highest value First scale value
123 25
1234 250
12345 2500
123456 25 (x000)
1234567 250 (x000)
12345678 2500 (x000)

Does this make sense?
(I typed this with a fixed font, so that the columns would align.

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