formulars

[jnf]

i want to calculate what quantities of each british curency notes and coins
there are in a set amount ie how many £20,£10,£5,£1,50p,20p,10p,5p,2p,1p. i
have used various formulars but when i round it of it gathers the odd amounts
to the end and gives a wrong answer
can anyone help
jnf

[Richard Buttrey]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:15:08 -0800, jnf
<jnf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i want to calculate what quantities of each british curency notes and coins
>there are in a set amount ie how many £20,£10,£5,£1,50p,20p,10p,5p,2p,1p. i
>have used various formulars but when i round it of it gathers the odd amounts
>to the end and gives a wrong answer
>can anyone help
>jnf

You appear to have missed out the £2 coin.

One solution assuming you want to minimise the total number of
notes/coins is:

Enter the Coin Values in B1:L1 in £s.
e.g. 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05, 0.02, 0.01

Enter the amount you want to split in A2.
In B2 enter =INT($A$2/$B$1)
In C2 enter =INT(($A2-SUMPRODUCT(($B2:B2)*($B$1:B$1)))/C$1)

and then copy C2 across to L2.

B2:L2 gives the number of coins/notes for the relevant denominations

HTH


__
Richard Buttrey
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
__________________________

[jnf]

thank you for reply
i didnt use the same formular as you but got a simular problem
in your formular i put 179.88 into a2 and it misses the 1p off

"Richard Buttrey" wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:15:08 -0800, jnf
> <jnf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >i want to calculate what quantities of each british curency notes and coins
> >there are in a set amount ie how many £20,£10,£5,£1,50p,20p,10p,5p,2p,1p. i
> >have used various formulars but when i round it of it gathers the odd amounts
> >to the end and gives a wrong answer
> >can anyone help
> >jnf
>
> You appear to have missed out the £2 coin.
>
> One solution assuming you want to minimise the total number of
> notes/coins is:
>
> Enter the Coin Values in B1:L1 in £s.
> e.g. 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05, 0.02, 0.01
>
> Enter the amount you want to split in A2.
> In B2 enter =INT($A$2/$B$1)
> In C2 enter =INT(($A2-SUMPRODUCT(($B2:B2)*($B$1:B$1)))/C$1)
>
> and then copy C2 across to L2.
>
> B2:L2 gives the number of coins/notes for the relevant denominations
>
> HTH
>
>
> __
> Richard Buttrey
> Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
> __________________________
>

[daddylonglegs]

Looks like a rounding error, try this in C2

=INT((ROUND($A2-SUMPRODUCT($B2:B2,$B$1:B$1),2))/C$1)