i get #div/0 error

That's a "divide by 0" error. That would mean this part of the formula is
evaluating to 0:

COUNTIF($B$2:$B$5,$B7)

If that evaluates to 0 it means it's not counting any Ms or Fs.

Make sure the formula is referencing the correct range. Make sure the
entries are in fact M and F. Make sure there are no unseen characters in the
referenced range. Like this:

<spaceM
M<space
<spaceF<space

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JCarlos" wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick response. I tried the formula in the file but i get
#div/0 error. What can i try next?

JCarlos

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

A7 = Averages
B7 = M
B8 = F

Enter this formula in C7:

=SUMIF($B$2:$B$5,$B7,C$2:C$5)/COUNTIF($B$2:$B$5,$B7)

Copy across to E7 then down to C8:E8


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"JCarlos" wrote in message
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Hi, I searched for my question in these forums, but no one answered it
throughly.

I work for a high school and I have an excel file with grade data for
each
student. I want to find out what is the average grade for the male
population
and the average grade for the female population for each subject.

1A B C D E
2Jones M 75 86 78
3James M 88 90 67
4Jared F 77 80 85
5John F 65 55 60

B=gender; C=English Grade; D=Math Grade; E=Science Grade

I want average of the Males and then i want to compare that to the
averages
of Females. I tried several variations of the countif and daverage
formulas,
but i get the #value! result.

End result would be to see in one cell how many males passed each
course
and
another cell to show their average. and then below that see how many
females
passed the same courses.

Thanks in advance for everyone's help.

JCARLOS