The cells in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet can hold various types of numerical data, including fractions and percentages. If some or all of your cells contain fractions, Excel enables you to convert ...

Fractions are enough to make you cry if you’re not a math whiz, but Microsoft Excel handles them very well. In fourth-grade math, you learned fraction basics: Fractions are a numerical representation ...

Fractions AND spreadsheets?!? I know, pretty exciting stuff. However, it can be tricky for novice spreadsheet creators to figure out how to display fractions in Excel. Microsoft Education has a quick ...

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Q: Excel won't allow me to input fractions; I keep getting a date. What's happening? A: If you do not apply a fraction format to a cell before you enter a fraction into it, Excel will convert the ...

Learn how to stop Excel from automatically converting fractions into dates or mixed numbers. This tutorial shows step-by-step ...

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