I get .005 not .05, but

=1/(LEFT(A1,FIND(":",A1)-1))

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HTH

Bob


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"wcooke" wrote in message
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I need to figure out how to convert 200:1 in cell A1 to 200 for cell B1,
which would then be divided by 1

A1 B1
200:1 I need to exclude the :1 from 200:1 and then divide 1 by
200
for cell B, so the result would be .05