Bug in formula evaluation?

OK, so I'm trying to do a simple sum and it's completely miscalculating. exact info so hopefully it's repeatable:
Column E: positive integer (a square footage, 789 in the example)
Column H: 1 or 0 (1 in the example)
Column I: 1 or 0 (1 in the example)
Column J: Column E / 1000 (positive real number, 0.789 in the example)
Column K: SUM ( column H thru column J, should be 2.789 in the example)
So I have the exact same setup in rows 11 and 12. same formulas and same numbers. But K11 gives me 2.789 (correct) while K12 gives me 1.789 (incorrect). After playing with the numbers, it appears that the formula in K12 is totally missing the value in cell H12. I can put anything I want in that cell, and the sum fails to change. It sums the other cells but skips right over that one.
This is unacceptable behavior for a spreadsheet program. ***? Anyone else able to reproduce this bug?

Chris,
Welcome to the Numbers discussion. As Yvan and Badunit have indicated, you may have made either an error in formula reference or in data type. A good way to scan for such a problem is to use a feature that's new in Numbers 09 called Formula List and to observe the justification of data in your cells. Click Formula List in the Formula Bar and a partition will appear at the bottom or your Numbers Window that shows all your formulas and results. Look and see if H12 is being properly referenced in K12. Then look at the H12 cell and see if the content is left or right justified. Strings will Left Justify by default and Values will Right Justify by default. Of course if you have manually overridden the justification, that would destroy the evidence. In that case, try changing the number of decimals displayed in H12 using the format controls. If you can't change the number of decimals showing, it's a plain string, not a value. Delete the content and re-enter it.
If you're still having trouble, it would help if you posted a screen shot so we could observe more directly what is going on with your calculations.
Hope this helps.
Jerry

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