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September 16th, 2003, 04:22 AM
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Negative Numbers
Hi! I am a K through 8th computer teacher. (That
doesn't mean I am an expert - it just means that I am able to stay one step ahead of the kids!)Today, I did an Excel project with my 6th, 7th, and 8th graders where they created a simple integer calculator. I wanted them to learn how to put in formulas and functions. When I tried this at home, it worked perfectly. Likewise, it worked great on most of our lab computers (all with Office 2002), but some of the machines had trouble with negative numbers. Specifically, when we tried to divide, for instance, -10 by 5, the divisor, dividend, and quotient all changed to #####. It only happened when we used the minus sign. I have to believe that this is some option or setting that needs to be changed on only these computers, since it worked so well on all the others. Any suggestions you can give me would be REALLY appreciated, as we are finishing the project next week. Thanks! Mommio 
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September 16th, 2003, 04:32 AM
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See one reply at one of your other posts.
Mommio wrote: Hi! I am a K through 8th computer teacher. (That doesn't mean I am an expert - it just means that I am able to stay one step ahead of the kids!)Today, I did an Excel project with my 6th, 7th, and 8th graders where they created a simple integer calculator. I wanted them to learn how to put in formulas and functions. When I tried this at home, it worked perfectly. Likewise, it worked great on most of our lab computers (all with Office 2002), but some of the machines had trouble with negative numbers. Specifically, when we tried to divide, for instance, -10 by 5, the divisor, dividend, and quotient all changed to #####. It only happened when we used the minus sign. I have to believe that this is some option or setting that needs to be changed on only these computers, since it worked so well on all the others. Any suggestions you can give me would be REALLY appreciated, as we are finishing the project next week. Thanks! Mommio -- Dave Peterson
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