Nested IFs and multiples

[Karl]

Hi,

I work for a publishing company and I’m designing a spreadsheet for our
clients. The idea is that the client specifies a few variables and the
spreadsheet will tell them how much the project will cost and how long it
will take.

One of things I want to do is have them enter the word count of the article
they want written. In another cell, I want to put a formula that will check
the word count and calculate the following using nested IF statements
(assuming that’s the best way to do it):

• If the word count is zero then populate this cell with the value ‘0’
• If the word count is more than zero, for the first 500 words populate the
cell with the number ‘3’, for every subsequent 500 words add the number ‘1.5’
to the initial ‘3’.

So if the wordcount 1000 is entered into A1 and the formula is in B1, the
value in B1 would be 4.5. The value in B1 represents the number of hours it
will take to write the article.

Is this possible? If it is, can anyone help me with the formula?

Many thanks

Karl

 

[Per Jessen]

Hi Karl

This formula should do it:

=IF(A1=0,0,IF(A1<=500,3,ROUNDUP((A1-500)/500,0)*1.5+3))

Best regards,
Per

 

[Jacob Skaria]

=IF(A1>=500,3,0)+(INT(A1/500)-1)*1.5

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[Jacob Skaria]

Should be
=IF(A1,IF(A1>=500,3,0)+(INT(A1/500)-1)*1.5,0)

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[Jacob Skaria]

Its again wrong...Try the below
=IF(A1,3,0)+IF(A1>500,FLOOR(A1-500,500)/500,0)*1.5

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[Ashish Mathur]

Hi,

You could use this as well. D12 is where you enter the time. D78 holds 0
and 501. E7:E8 holds 3 and 4.5

=IF(D12=0,0,VLOOKUP(D12,$D$7:$E$8,2))

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

Try this

=IF(A1=0,0,1.5+1.5*ROUNDUP(A1/500,))

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Based on other responses I see that there are two ways to interpret your
question for the second use

=IF(A1=0,0,1.5+1.5*INT(A1/500))

The question is what do you do when there are 1001 words and 1499?