Numbers that are stored as text in Excel can cause unexpected results. You need to convert numbers stored as text to numbers. Here's how!

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.

For example, to convert 37.3 C in cell B3 below, I’ve entered the formula =CONVERT (B3,”C”,”F”) in cell B9 to derive 99.1 F. The syntax of this function requires you to reference the number to be ...