Excel Functions You Need to Know: Mathematical Functions
Part 1 of a comprehensive series on Excel functions.
Excel is a powerful tool for working with data, and one of its strengths is the wide range of built-in functions that it offers. Whether you need to perform simple arithmetic calculations or complex statistical analyses, Excel has a function to help you get the job done. In the first post of this series on Excel’s functions, we’ll take a look at some of the more prevalent mathematical functions available in Excel and provide examples of how they can be used.
SUM: Adds up a range of numbers.
Example: =SUM(A1:A10)
AVERAGE: Calculates the average of a range of numbers.
Example: =AVERAGE(A1:A10)
MIN: Returns the smallest value in a range of numbers.
Example: =MIN(A1:A10)
MAX: Returns the largest value in a range of numbers.
Example: =MAX(A1:A10)
ROUND: Rounds a number to a specified number of decimal places.
Example: =ROUND(A1, 2)
TRUNC: Truncates a number to a specified number of decimal places.
Example: =TRUNC(A1, 2)
INT: Rounds a number down to the nearest integer.
Example: =INT(A1)
CEILING: Rounds a number up to the nearest specified multiple.
Example: =CEILING(A1, 5)
FLOOR: Rounds a number down to the nearest specified multiple.
Example: =FLOOR(A1, 10)
PRODUCT: Multiplies the values in a range of cells.
Example: =PRODUCT(A1:A10)
QUOTIENT: Returns the integer portion of a division operation.
Example: =QUOTIENT(A1, B1)
MOD: Returns the remainder after division of two numbers.
Example: =MOD(A1, B1)
POWER: Raises a number to a specified power.
Example: =POWER(A1, B1)
SQRT: Calculates the square root of a number.
Example: =SQRT(A1)
ABS: Returns the absolute value of a number.
Example: =ABS(A1)
LOG: Calculates the logarithm (base 10) of a number.
Example: =LOG(A1)
EXP: Returns e raised to the power of a number.
Example: =EXP(A1)
RAND: Returns a random number between 0 and 1.
Example: =RAND()
RANDBETWEEN: Returns a random integer between two specified values.
Example: =RANDBETWEEN(1, 10)
SUMIF: Adds up the values in a range that meet a specified criterion.
Example: =SUMIF(A1:A10, “>5”)
SUMIFS: Adds up the values in a range that meet multiple specified criteria.
Example: =SUMIFS(A1:A10, B1:B10, “>5”, C1:C10, “<10”)
COUNT: Counts the number of cells in a range that contain numbers.
Example: =COUNT(A1:A10)
COUNTA: Counts the number of cells in a range that contain any type of data.
Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10)
COUNTIF: Counts the number of cells in a range that meet a specified criterion.
Example: =COUNTIF(A1:A10, “>5”)
COUNTIFS: Counts the number of cells in a range that meet multiple specified criteria.
Example: =COUNTIFS(A1:A10, “>5”, B1:B10, “<10”)
SUMPRODUCT: Multiplies the corresponding values in two or more ranges and adds up the results.
Example: =SUMPRODUCT(A1:A10, B1:B10)
These are more prevalent mathematical functions available in Excel. By mastering these functions and others like them, you can quickly perform complex calculations and analyses on your data
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