I wonder whether you might have been using the QUOTIENT function instead of
dividing?
If you don't know what the QUOTIENT function does, look it up in Excel help.
If you want to divide A1 by A2, use the slant sign / to divide, so =A1/A2.
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David Biddulph


"Wagnerk" wrote in message
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I'm dividing two cell (257 by 20)---Excell inserts 12.00. What formula do
I
use to get the real number which is 12.85? Please Help!