adding feet and inches
I am trying to set up a spread sheet to calculate inventory. I need to add
some items in feet and some in inches. I need to know first do I set these up at 2 columns one for feet and one for inches ( eg 5'-6" would be in two seperate columns) and I also need to know how to add the feet and inches together to know the total feet and inches that I have in stock.. Help please! -- Donna |
adding feet and inches
Correct, you either need to input as two columns(A & B?), or use decimals
(i.e., 5'6" inputed as 5.5 Former solution formula, result in inches: =SUM(A1:A100)*12+SUM(B1:B100) Result in ft: =SUM(A1:A100)+SUM(B1:B100)/12 If you use decimals, its a straightforward sum. -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Tacklemom" wrote: I am trying to set up a spread sheet to calculate inventory. I need to add some items in feet and some in inches. I need to know first do I set these up at 2 columns one for feet and one for inches ( eg 5'-6" would be in two seperate columns) and I also need to know how to add the feet and inches together to know the total feet and inches that I have in stock.. Help please! -- Donna |
adding feet and inches
See Chip Pearson's site for working with and calculating feet and inches.
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/FractionalArithmetic.aspx Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 20 May 2009 11:50:01 -0700, Tacklemom wrote: I am trying to set up a spread sheet to calculate inventory. I need to add some items in feet and some in inches. I need to know first do I set these up at 2 columns one for feet and one for inches ( eg 5'-6" would be in two seperate columns) and I also need to know how to add the feet and inches together to know the total feet and inches that I have in stock.. Help please! |
adding feet and inches
Another way is to format the cells as fractions and us 5 6/12.
-- Hope this helps Martin Fishlock, www.nyfconsultants.com, Wolverhampton, UK Please do not forget to rate this reply. "Luke M" wrote: Correct, you either need to input as two columns(A & B?), or use decimals (i.e., 5'6" inputed as 5.5 Former solution formula, result in inches: =SUM(A1:A100)*12+SUM(B1:B100) Result in ft: =SUM(A1:A100)+SUM(B1:B100)/12 If you use decimals, its a straightforward sum. -- Best Regards, Luke M *Remember to click "yes" if this post helped you!* "Tacklemom" wrote: I am trying to set up a spread sheet to calculate inventory. I need to add some items in feet and some in inches. I need to know first do I set these up at 2 columns one for feet and one for inches ( eg 5'-6" would be in two seperate columns) and I also need to know how to add the feet and inches together to know the total feet and inches that I have in stock.. Help please! -- Donna |
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