in Cell A1 put 5/4 which equals 1.25
in Cell B1 put the following formula...
= 1 - (A1/(A1+1))
this will equal .4444



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"Gary L Brown" wrote:

1 - (numerator / (numerator + denominator))

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"Saxman" wrote:

One of my hobbies is horse racing and I am faced with the following problem.

If one converts an incomplete fraction like 5/4 (1.25 decimal), as a
percentage it equals 44%.

Likewise 2/1 (2.0), 33%.

How can I type fractions as above in one cell, and convert/replace them
to a percentage as above in another cell? The conversion does not have
to be formatted as a percentage, just a number to use for calculations
in the next stage.