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Hey i was wondering if it is possible to turn a number into a grade? i have done a countif after 10 questions with IF statements and I've gotten it to display 10/10 but i want to turn that into a grade.
What's the easiest way to do it?
Thanks
Answer
Jeremy,
What kind of grade? A letter grade, or a percent?
A percent, of course, is easy. Just format the result as a percent.
To create a letter grade, you need a nested IF statement with each conditional test examining the breakpoints, like so:
=IF(Gradecell>=0.9,"A",IF(gradecell>=0.8,"B",IF(gradecell>=0.7,"C",IF(gradecell>=0.5,"D","F")
Make up your own breakpoints of course. You can also add A-, B+, whatever you'd like... up to SEVEN.
Howz about that for easy?
>>> Bill
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