In case you don't want zeros to appear in column D until you enter some
hours in column C, you could amend the formula in D2 to:

=IF(C2=0,"",B2*C2)

and copy this down.

Hope this helps.

Pete

damorrison wrote:
If Name was A2
$$ amount was in B2
Hours were in C2

Type this in D2 =B2*C2 then enter

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