Basics: doing math with Excel

Basics: doing math with Excel

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=SUM(A1:A10,C1:C10) is a formula, where SUM is the function name, the opening and closing parentheses contain the formu
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Excel is made up of individual cells that are grouped into rows and columns. Rows are
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numbered, and columns are lettered. There are over 1 million rows and 16,000
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can contain cell references, ranges of cell references, operators, and
constants. The following are all examples of formulas:

You'll notice that in our third example above, we used the

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specify, and totals them. In this example it takes the cells A1 through A10, and totals
them. Excel has over 400 functions, which you can explore on the

Formulas with functions start with an equals sign, then the function name follows with its
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arguments (the values a function uses to calculate) wrapped in parentheses.

You confirm a formula by pressing

and the result will be displayed in the cell. To see the formula itself, you can look at the
formula bar beneath the Ribbon, or press
formula in the cell. Press

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Excel is made up of individual cells that are grouped into rows and columns. Rows are
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numbered, and columns are lettered. There are over 1 million rows and 16,000
columns,
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You'll notice that in our third example above, we used the SUM function. A function is a
built command that takes a value or values, calculates them in a certain way, and
returns a result. For instance, the SUM function takes the cell references or ranges you
specify, and totals them. In this example it takes the cells A1 through A10, and totals
them. Excel has over 400 functions, which you can explore on the Formulas tab. =SUM(A
Formulas with functions start with an equals sign, then the function name follows with its
Formulas with functions start with an equals sign, then the function name follows with its
arguments (the values a function uses to calculate) wrapped in parentheses.

You confirm a formula by pressing Enter. Once you do that the formula will calculate,
and the result will be displayed in the cell. To see the formula itself, you can look at the
formula bar beneath the Ribbon, or press F2 to enter Edit mode, where you'll see the
formula in the cell. Press Enter again to finalize the formula and calculate the result.

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formula, Excel will automatically add the colon.

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