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Coversion Of Fractions To Percentages
One of my hobbies is horse racing and I am faced with the following problem.
If one converts an incomplete fraction like 5/4 (1.25 decimal), as a percentage it equals 44%. Likewise 2/1 (2.0), 33%. How can I type fractions as above in one cell, and convert/replace them to a percentage as above in another cell? The conversion does not have to be formatted as a percentage, just a number to use for calculations in the next stage. |
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i am confused as to what exactly you are asking. Please explain further as i may have a solution. -- mkerstei ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mkerstei's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=25688 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=392173 |
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You must be doing something incorrectly.
First mark the rrange of cells where you want to enter your data and FormatCellsNumberPercentage Then in a cell tpe =5/4 and it will show 125%, =2/1 will show 200%, =7/2 will show 350% -- Regards Roger Govier "Saxman" wrote in message ... One of my hobbies is horse racing and I am faced with the following problem. If one converts an incomplete fraction like 5/4 (1.25 decimal), as a percentage it equals 44%. Likewise 2/1 (2.0), 33%. How can I type fractions as above in one cell, and convert/replace them to a percentage as above in another cell? The conversion does not have to be formatted as a percentage, just a number to use for calculations in the next stage. |
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in Cell A1 put 5/4 which equals 1.25
in Cell B1 put the following formula... = 1 - (A1/(A1+1)) this will equal .4444 -- Gary Brown If this post was helpful, please click the ''''Yes'''' button next to ''''Was this Post Helpfull to you?". "Gary L Brown" wrote: 1 - (numerator / (numerator + denominator)) HTH, -- Gary Brown If this post was helpful, please click the ''''Yes'''' button next to ''''Was this Post Helpfull to you?". "Saxman" wrote: One of my hobbies is horse racing and I am faced with the following problem. If one converts an incomplete fraction like 5/4 (1.25 decimal), as a percentage it equals 44%. Likewise 2/1 (2.0), 33%. How can I type fractions as above in one cell, and convert/replace them to a percentage as above in another cell? The conversion does not have to be formatted as a percentage, just a number to use for calculations in the next stage. |
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Roger Govier wrote:
You must be doing something incorrectly. First mark the rrange of cells where you want to enter your data and FormatCellsNumberPercentage Then in a cell tpe =5/4 and it will show 125%, =2/1 will show 200%, =7/2 will show 350% I probably require some sort of lookup or match function. In cell A1 I put the value 5/4. In horse racing markets, 5/4 odds has a 44% chance. Probably the value 44 needs to be place in another cell for lookup purposes? What I require is a spreadsheet which will give a value of 44 in a cell by typing in 5/4 in another cell (its equivalent). |
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Gary L Brown wrote:
in Cell A1 put 5/4 which equals 1.25 in Cell B1 put the following formula... = 1 - (A1/(A1+1)) this will equal .4444 This works fine, providing I enter =B1*100 in cell C1. Thanks. |
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What I require is a spreadsheet which will give a value of 44 in a cell
by typing in 5/4 in another cell (its equivalent). in Cell A1 put 5/4 which equals 1.25 in Cell B1 put the following formula... = 1 - (A1/(A1+1)) Cell B1 will now equal .4444 HTH, -- Gary Brown If this post was helpful, please click the ''''Yes'''' button next to ''''Was this Post Helpfull to you?". |
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Then Gary has given you the answer you want.
I had mistakenly thought you were getting an answer of 44% when you were expecting 125%. In case you didn't see Gary's post he wrote with A1 =5/4 in B1= 1 - (A1/(A1+1)) will return an answer of .4444 -- Regards Roger Govier "Saxman" wrote in message ... Roger Govier wrote: You must be doing something incorrectly. First mark the rrange of cells where you want to enter your data and FormatCellsNumberPercentage Then in a cell tpe =5/4 and it will show 125%, =2/1 will show 200%, =7/2 will show 350% I probably require some sort of lookup or match function. In cell A1 I put the value 5/4. In horse racing markets, 5/4 odds has a 44% chance. Probably the value 44 needs to be place in another cell for lookup purposes? What I require is a spreadsheet which will give a value of 44 in a cell by typing in 5/4 in another cell (its equivalent). |
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