#VALUE! Error

[shendrix2]

I want to simply add 5 cells together in cell M25.  I have never gotten an error on a formula that is so simple!  I am getting error message #VALUE! when I try to enter either of the following formulas into cell M25: 

=SUM(C26+E26+G26+I26+K26)

=C26+E26+G26+I26+K26

I have the same type of formula in the cell M26 below and it is working.  I tried to fill up.  

=SUM(C27+E27+G27+I27+K27)

Tried: 

I have copied the formula in cell M26 and tried to paste it into the cell M25.

I clicked on the cell and selected delete.

I have right clicked and cleared contents.

I have tried to Find/Replace looking for hidden spaces and text in the cell.

I have verified that the cells are all formatted to number. 

Any help would be great, 

[#2]

@shendrix2 

How about

=SUM(C26, E26, G26, I26, K26)

[#3]

@shendrix2 

Change all + into ,.

[#4]

Thanks that worked.

[#5]

@shendrix2 

This is what I would do.  It is not necessarily what I might recommend the OP should do!

= SUM(TAKE(WRAPCOLS(numbers, 2), 1))

It splits the numbers into twos and discards the second row before summing.