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Divide in Excel Formula

By Madhuri ThakurMadhuri Thakur

Divide Formula in Excel

Division in Excel (Table of Contents)

  • Introduction to Divide in Excel
  • How to Use Divide Formula in Excel?

Introduction to Divide in Excel

In excel, we can see that arithmetical operation has been used in various reports like inventory, monthly sales, salary, wages, etc… to calculate a simple addition, multiplication, division. The word division means the operation, which is the opposite of multiplication where the symbol of division can be a forward slash, or a line or a division sign, and this is also called a fraction. Each division equation has a name that we normally call a dividend, the divisor, and the quotient. These arithmetical operators work simply as a calculator wherein in excel; we need to use “equal” = sign in each cell to get the output.

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The number which is divided is called the dividend, and the same number which the dividend is divided by is called the divisor. The output is normally called a quotient.

Division in Excel used in the same manner by using the “equal” sign in each cell to get the quotient as the output.

Divide Formula in Excel

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How to Use Divide Formula in Excel?

Division operator can be used in excel by using the arithmetic operator slash (/) forward slash.

For example, click on the cell A2 with the mouse pointer and enter = sign and type the division sign (/) forward slash as =B2/C2 and press the enter key, where b is the dividend and c is the divisor which will give you the desired output.

For example, if you type =20/5, excel will give the output as 4. Make sure that you have to use an equal (=) sign in each cell to get the output. Otherwise, Excel will interpret and gives the output as a date.

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A Nested Division operator can also be used to find out the exact result in excel.

You can download this Divide Formula Excel Template here – Divide Formula Excel Template

Example #1

How to divide two columns in excel?

In this example, we will see step by step how the division (/) forward slash operator works in excel with the following steps.

Consider the below example, which has two columns, A and B, with specific numbers.

Example 1

We will use the / forward slash operator to find the output.

  • Click on the cell D3 column.

Excel Divide Example 1-2

  • Enter = (equal) sign
  • Enter the formula by using the / forward slash operator.
  • Enter =B3/C3 as shown below.

Excel Divide Example 1-3

  • We will get the output as 5.

Excel Divide Example 1-4

  • Drag the formula for the entire corresponding cell so that we will get the output as follows.

Result of Example 1

Example #2

How to use the division (/) operator with other Subtraction operators (-) in Excel?

In this example, we are going to see how to do multiple divisions step by step. Assume that we have multiple columns where we need to find out the Growth percentage of the sales. In this scenario, we can use nested division to fetch the exact output.

Consider the below example; we can see that month-wise quantity break up has been given for sales, and we have to calculate the growth percentage using the division operator.

Example 2

We will see step by step how we got the growth percentage for individual salespersons.

  • Click on the column Growth.
  • Enter = equal sign in E3.
  • Update the formula as =(D3-C3)/D3.

Excel Divide Example 2-2

  • We will get the output as 8%.

Excel Divide Example 2-3

  • Drag the formula for all the cells from top to bottom, and we will get the below result as follows.

Result of Example 2

The above sales result shows the growth of salespersons for the specific month. In this way, we can use them.

Example #3

How to Use Nested Parenthesis in Division Operator Using Addition (+)?

In this example, we are going to see how to use nested division by the following below steps as follows.

Consider the below example, which shows sales data month wise plus we have predicted future sales figures for Jan-19.

Example 3

Now we are going to see how to use nested parenthesis in the division operator by following the below steps.

  • Create a new column name Output.
  • Click on the cell F2.
  • Enter open parenthesis as shown below =(C2+D2)/E2.

Excel Divide Example 3-2

  • In this example, we have used opening and closing parenthesis by using both addition and division operator.
  • We have added Nov-18 and Dec-18 months and divided the value with Jan-19 months to get the output.
  • Convert the value to % as shown below.

Excel Divide Example 3-3

  • Drag the formula for all the cells. Hence we will get the result as shown below.

Result of Example 3

Example #4

In this example, we will see how to find out the average of the student’s marks by using the division operator.

Let’s consider the below example where students scored marks for maths and science subjects, here we need to find out the average of student scored for both.

Example 4

In this case, we can use the division operator to find out the average by following the below steps.

In order to calculate the average, a basic formula is the Total number of marks scored / Number of students.

  • Create a new column as average.

Excel Divide Example 4-2

  • Enter the open parenthesis bracket as shown =(C2+E2)/2.
  • We have added maths subject plus science subject divided by total subject.

Excel Divide Example 4-3

  • We will get the output as 84.

Excel Divide Example 4-4

  • Drag the formula for all the cells so that we will get the average of all students as the output shown below.

Result of Example 4

Example #5

Using IFERROR in a division operator

This example shows how to use division operation with the IFERROR condition to avoid #DIV/0! Error.

Mostly excel will throw an error if a cell has a blank value while using the division operator, as shown below.

Example 5

In order to avoid this error, we will use the “IFERROR” condition so that we can overcome with these errors.

  • Click on the cell name Result.
  • Enter the IFERROR formula as shown below.

Excel Divide Example 5-2

  • We will get the output as 4.

Excel Divide Example 5-3

  • =IFERROR(E2/F2,””) – which indicates we have used dividend number 20 /divisor number 5, which will give us the output of 5, and at last, we have closed the quotation marks to avoid DIV error.
  • Drag the formula for all the cells.
  • We will get the below output as follows.

Result of Example 5

Things to Remember about the Divide in Excel

  • When using the Division operator, make sure that all cells have exact values. If the cell values are blank, excel will throw an #DIV Error.

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This has been a guide to Divide in Excel. Here we discuss the Divide Formula in Excel and How to use Divide Formula in Excel along with practical examples and downloadable excel template. You can also go through our other suggested articles –

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