Fraction Formatting and Averages
Hi,
I'm trying to list grades in a worksheet formatted as fifths. I thus defined the formatting as: # ?/5 Now I have two problems: - Whenever I enter a 5/5 grade, "1" is displayed. How can I force "5/5" to be displayed? - I need decimals in the grades average, e.g. "3.25/5". However, the formatting above will not allow that, and automatically rounds up the grade. How can I get decimals ("# ?.??/5" won't work)? Thanks! Raph |
Fraction Formatting and Averages
Evaluate the number of 5ths as a whole number, to your preferred number of
decimals, then use a custom format and add the /5 as text "/5" at the end. something like #.##"/5" is probably best. Don't forget to actually divide the value by 5 if using it for any further calulations "mrgou" wrote: Hi, I'm trying to list grades in a worksheet formatted as fifths. I thus defined the formatting as: # ?/5 Now I have two problems: - Whenever I enter a 5/5 grade, "1" is displayed. How can I force "5/5" to be displayed? - I need decimals in the grades average, e.g. "3.25/5". However, the formatting above will not allow that, and automatically rounds up the grade. How can I get decimals ("# ?.??/5" won't work)? Thanks! Raph |
Fraction Formatting and Averages
On 30 May 2007 02:18:28 -0700, mrgou wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to list grades in a worksheet formatted as fifths. I thus defined the formatting as: # ?/5 Now I have two problems: - Whenever I enter a 5/5 grade, "1" is displayed. How can I force "5/5" to be displayed? Remove the "#". i.e. Format: ?/5 - I need decimals in the grades average, e.g. "3.25/5". However, the formatting above will not allow that, and automatically rounds up the grade. How can I get decimals ("# ?.??/5" won't work)? You could display the entire result as text; or possibly average the numerators and use the /5 as part of the formatting. --ron |
Fraction Formatting and Averages
Select the cells that the fractions will be stored in and format cell
crtl+1 will open the format cell window go to the number tab in category just select fraction this is valid in office 2003 Good luck EP mrgou wrote: Hi, I'm trying to list grades in a worksheet formatted as fifths. I thus defined the formatting as: # ?/5 Now I have two problems: - Whenever I enter a 5/5 grade, "1" is displayed. How can I force "5/5" to be displayed? - I need decimals in the grades average, e.g. "3.25/5". However, the formatting above will not allow that, and automatically rounds up the grade. How can I get decimals ("# ?.??/5" won't work)? Thanks! Raph |
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