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=COUNT(IF(F8:M8<=C8/2,1))


"Nospam" wrote:

Hi

I am trying to analyse SAT results for my students


I have a column with their mark for each question
f8 to f24 for student A,
g8:g24 for student B
etc.

and a column that shows how many marks are allocated to each question c8
to c24

I want a boxes that have the following information in it.

Box 1 (which I have been able to do and it works)
to show how many students have less than 3 marks for each question

I used the formula:
=COUNTIF(F8:M8,"<3") for Question 1

=COUNTIF(F9:M9,"<3") for Question 2

etc.


Box 2
to show how many students have half marks or less than half marks per
question
the marks allocated to q1 is stored in cell c8

but this formula doesn't work

=COUNTIF(F8:M8,"<=C8/2")

any help would be much appreciated

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Nospam