Your problem is a well known one.
It was described and responded many times.
You are using Numbers in a country for which there is no localised version.
So, it's the English version of Numbers which is used.
Alas, your system is set to use the comma as decimal separator.
So, you must use semi-colon as parameter separator in your formulas.
In column G for instance, YOU must use:
=IF(D<1;E;INT(D)*60+LEFT(E;2)&RIGHT(E;LEN(E)-2))
This doesn't appear in the Help because the Numbers's designers forgot this situation as well as they forgot that the German version is used in Germany with decimal comma and in Swiss with decimal period.
They also forget that the French version is used in France with decimal comma and in Swiss with decimal period.
You may get rid of that entering my iDisk:
<http://idisk.me.com/koenigyvan-Public?view=web>
and downloading:
for
iWork:for_Numbers:pour_modifierNumbers.zip
You don't like screenshots made from my French system. You will have to live with them. I will not switch to the english version each time I try to help someone.
I'm not a moderator. I'm just an endUser like you.
And of course, I will not stop to post my well known reminder which doesn't eat much time. It just requires a single copy paste.
After all, taking care of it, you would not be here saying that my formulas aren't working when YOU are the culprit.
There are 8 main localised versions of Numbers. These versions may be used with the comma or the period. I will certainly not give 8*2 = 16 versions of the formulas.
I will continue to give the standard English ones.
You are using an other setting (which is perfectly correct) but it's your duty to adjust the formulas accordingly.
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