Really basic question about adding and dividing

[Dave Neve]

Hello

Yep, I'm hopeless at Excel but I'm not an accountant and only have to use it
once or twice a year for student marks

Anyway, I have two columns which I need to add and then divide the total by
2 to get the average

10 + 16 = 26 divided by 2 = 13

so I type in the third column

= Column A + B/2

and I get.......18

Ok, I've worked out what is going on (10+ 16/2 (8) = 18)

but what do I do to get the right answer (13)

Thanks

Dave Neve

 

[Sandy Mann]

=(A1+B1)/2

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[Ron Coderre]

If you want to calculate the average....
Try the AVERAGE function:

=AVERAGE(A1:B1)

or...to average many items:
=AVERAGE(A1:F1)

Does that help?
Post back if you have more questions.
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Regards,

Ron (XL2003, Win XP)
Microsoft MVP (Excel)