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If you could be happy with the data as displayed below, then use custom
format # ??/16
0.76 4.54 8.53
12/16 4 9/16 8 8/16

But you want data like
0.76 4.54 8.53
3/4 4 9/16 8 1/2

So you first need to round to the the nearest 16 then use the fraction
format # ??/??

I have used the formula
=ROUND(A1*16,0)*(1/16)
to do the rounding in the second row

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"jct6641" wrote in message
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When converting a decimal to a fraction, I get some responses like 1/67
when
what I am looking for is increments of 1/64. Then I want to display 10/64
as
5/16 or 32/64 as 1/2 etc.
Can this be accomplished in an excel formula or combination of nested
formulas?