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Excel Column Summation
I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday
and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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Instead of formatting try rounding to 1 decimal place: =ROUND(C1,1)
Regards, Stefi €˛Scott Adams€¯ ezt Ć*rta: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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To overcome this you can use the ROUND() function on all your calculations, or
go to ToolsOptionsCalculationPrecision as displayed.. If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Scott Adams" wrote: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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Thanks Stefi and Jacob --
I updated each function to round to 1 decimal as follows: =ROUND(H2*$C$3,1) The sum total still is high by 0.1 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 11.1 "Stefi" wrote: Instead of formatting try rounding to 1 decimal place: =ROUND(C1,1) Regards, Stefi €˛Scott Adams€¯ ezt Ć*rta: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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Scott add this manually and see...It adds upto 11.1
-- If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Scott Adams" wrote: Thanks Stefi and Jacob -- I updated each function to round to 1 decimal as follows: =ROUND(H2*$C$3,1) The sum total still is high by 0.1 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 11.1 "Stefi" wrote: Instead of formatting try rounding to 1 decimal place: =ROUND(C1,1) Regards, Stefi €˛Scott Adams€¯ ezt Ć*rta: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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I can't follow the calculation process, please post your original data set
and your formulae! Stefi €˛Scott Adams€¯ ezt Ć*rta: Thanks Stefi and Jacob -- I updated each function to round to 1 decimal as follows: =ROUND(H2*$C$3,1) The sum total still is high by 0.1 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 11.1 "Stefi" wrote: Instead of formatting try rounding to 1 decimal place: =ROUND(C1,1) Regards, Stefi €˛Scott Adams€¯ ezt Ć*rta: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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Display your numbers as 2 decimal places (or as General) instead of 1, and
they will add up to 11.0. It is because you rounded them to 1 place that you've got the wrong answer. -- David Biddulph "Scott Adams" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefi and Jacob -- I updated each function to round to 1 decimal as follows: =ROUND(H2*$C$3,1) The sum total still is high by 0.1 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 11.1 "Stefi" wrote: Instead of formatting try rounding to 1 decimal place: =ROUND(C1,1) Regards, Stefi "Scott Adams" ezt ķrta: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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Here are the formulae. Does this help?
Hrs/Day 11.0 <= C2 % 4% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.4 15% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 1.7 2% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.2 31% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 3.4 7% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.8 17% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 1.9 14% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 1.5 5% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.6 5% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.6 Total: 11.1 |
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ISSUE CLOSED
Thanks! I knew it was something silly.
"Scott Adams" wrote: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, your rounding to one place is what causes
the numbers not to add up to 11.0. Round them to 2 places, or don't bother rounding, and they'll add up to 11.0. The values are 0.44 1.65 0.22 3.41 0.77 1.87 1.54 0.55 0.55 -- David Biddulph "Scott Adams" wrote in message ... Here are the formulae. Does this help? Hrs/Day 11.0 <= C2 % 4% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.4 15% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 1.7 2% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.2 31% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 3.4 7% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.8 17% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 1.9 14% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 1.5 5% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.6 5% =Round(C2*percentage,1) 0.6 Total: 11.1 |
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ISSUE CLOSED
You have replied to your own message and thanked yourself. If you were
trying to reply to someone else's message, you need to select that and reply to it. But I guess it's still early in the morning in your part of the world? :-) -- David Biddulph "Scott Adams" wrote in message ... Thanks! I knew it was something silly. "Scott Adams" wrote: I know this is likely an insanely simple situation, but it is early Tuesday and I am stumped. I have a simple spreadsheet breaking hours down by percentage to spread my labor costs across multiple projects. All number cells are formatted the same: Numeric with 1 decimal place. However, when I enter my total hours and the math occurs, the resulting breakdown does not add back up to my total hours. It is almost always off by 0.1 TOT 11.0 4% 0.4 15% 1.7 2% 0.2 31% 3.4 7% 0.8 17% 1.9 14% 1.5 5% 0.6 5% 0.6 Is there some contraint that I can place on any cell to force this to add up correctly? I know it must be a decimal situation somewhere, but I am stumped. THANK YOU! Scott |
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