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I need to get the total hours by multiplying number of staff by number of
hours./mins. Inputting 30 minutes gives me incorrect restlts ie
three staff multiplied by 30 minutes results in 90 minutes
this should be 1hr and 30 mins

help please

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If you have entered the 30 minutes as a number of minutes, rather than as a
time, and you want to show the resulting number 90 as a time, then use
=A1/(24*60) and format as [h]:mm
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I need to get the total hours by multiplying number of staff by number of
hours./mins. Inputting 30 minutes gives me incorrect restlts ie
three staff multiplied by 30 minutes results in 90 minutes
this should be 1hr and 30 mins

help please



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Just change the format from
[m]
to
hh:mm
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I need to get the total hours by multiplying number of staff by number of
hours./mins. Inputting 30 minutes gives me incorrect restlts ie
three staff multiplied by 30 minutes results in 90 minutes
this should be 1hr and 30 mins

help please

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