1. Select the column of fractions that you want to extract the numerator values from.
2. Click on the "Insert Function" button (fx) in the formula bar.
3. In the "Insert Function" dialog box, type "FIND" in the search box and click "Go".
4. Select "FIND" from the list of functions and click "OK".
5. In the "Find" dialog box, type "/" in the "Find what" box and click "OK". This will return the position of the "/" character in each cell.
6. Click on the "Insert Function" button (fx) again and select "LEFT" from the list of functions.
7. In the "LEFT" dialog box, click on the cell that contains the fraction and enter the number returned by the FIND function in the "num_chars" box. This will return the numerator value.
8. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.
9. Drag the formula down to apply it to the rest of the cells in the column.

This should give you a column of numerator values extracted from the original column of fractions.