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Let's say you want to find out how many person hours it took to finish a project (total project hours ÷ total people on project) or the actual miles per gallon rate for your recent cross-country trip (total miles ÷ total gallons). There are several ways divide numbers.

What do you want to do?

Divide numbers in a cell

Divide cells in a range

Divide numbers in a cell

To do this task, use the / (forward slash) arithmetic operator.

For example, if you type the following formula in a cell:

=10/5

The cell displays the following result:

2

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Divide cells in a range

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

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