Basic Excel Formulas

Functions in Excel are the predefined formulas that have their specific meaningful work. They make our task easy and quick, like finding the sum, count, average, maximum value, and minimum values for a range of cells. For example, the SUM function will calculate the sum of the range passed to it as an argument. Now, if you are looking for one guide where you find all the basic formulas of Excel, then this article will help you a lot.

Here in the article, we have listed all the basic Excel formulas that anyone can use in day-to-day work and increase their productivity.

Basic Functions in Excel

We have data on vegetables used in 1 week in a house, and we find the total cost of vegetables. Now, we'll apply basic Excel functions to the data.

• Sum(): It adds all the values in a range of cells. 

• Max(): It will find the maximum value in the given range of values.

• Min(): It will find the minimum value in the given range of values.

• Average(): It calculates the average value in a range of cells.

• Count(): It will count the number of cells in a range of cells.

• Len(): It will return the number of characters in a string text.

• Sumif(): It Adds all the values in a range of cells that meet a specified condition. = SUMIF(range,criteria,[sum_range]).

• AverageIf():- It Calculates the average value in a range of cells that meet the specified criteria. =AVERAGEIF(range,criteria,[average_range]).

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