how do you divide the average of a number into 3 different cells.

[Shaun]

i am trying to do a stock and order for work. i have to divide the amount of
sales by the quantity of units in a case to come up with ( cases required to
order). i have done that but i need to average that total into to three
cells. e.g 12 = 4 4 4, 11 = 4 4 3

[Excelenator]

Assuming you want the last column to be the "catch" column, that is it will either be higher or lower than the other two columns by one if the number is not divisible by three evenly you can try the following:

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[SteveW]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:44:02 +0100, Shaun =

<[email protected]> wrote:

> i am trying to do a stock and order for work. i have to divide the =

> amount of
> sales by the quantity of units in a case to come up with ( cases =

> required to
> order). i have done that but i need to average that total into to thre=
e
> cells. e.g 12 =3D 4 4 4, 11 =3D 4 4 3

don't use the word average - confusing.

You want to split or spread

if A5 =3D 12
then B5 =3D roundup(a5/3,0)
c5 =3D roundup(a5/3,0)
d5 =3D a5-b5-c5

This gives odd result for 10, ie 4,4,2
and for 9 result is 3,3,3

If this is acceptable
otherwise
change c5 =3D roundup((a5-b5)/2,0)
not 10 produces 4,3,3



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