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Divide numbers

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2007

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.

Show How to copy an example

Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
Select the example in the Help topic.
Note Do not select the row or column headers.

Selecting an example from Help
Press CTRL+C.
In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click the Show Formulas button.

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Data
15,000
12
Formula	Description (Result)
=A2/A3	Divides 15,000 by 12 (1250)

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