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How to divide one column by another column in Excel?

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If there are two column data in a sheet, and you want to divide one column by the other one, except applying the formula =A1/B2 and dragging auto fill handle down until the end of data, is there any tricks to quickly divide one column by another one instead of manual dragging?

Divide one column by another column with Formula and Shortcut

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Divide one column by another column with Formula and Shortcut

To divide one column by another one, you can select the whole column and then enter the formula and use shortcut to quickly solve it.

1. Place the mouse into the column that you want to place the result and select this whole column, and then enter the formula in Formula bar. See screenshot:
enter a formula to divide by column

2. Then press Ctrl + Enter key to apply this formula to the whole column.
press Ctrl + Enter key to apply this formula to the whole column

Divide one column by a same value with Kutools for Excel

If you want to divide a column values by a given value, supposing to divide column C by number 3, you can apply Kutools for Excelā€™s Operation tool to quickly solve it.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

1. Select the whole column that you want to divide, and click Kutools > More > Operation. See screenshot:
click Operation feature of kutools

2. Then in the Operation dialog, select Division form the Operation list, and enter the number used to divide cells into the textbox in the middle section. See screenshot:
set options in the dialog box

Note: you can check Create formulas and Skip formula cells options as you need.

3. Click Ok, now each cell in the selected column has been divided by the same number 3. See screenshot:
each cell in the selected column has been divided by the same number

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