Excel is one of the most commonly used applications from the
Microsoft Office package. Excelgives users the flexibility to play
around with data and do very basic arithmetic operations
likeaddition, subtraction, multiplication or division. One has the
flexibility to choose either shortcutsor use custom formulas to do
the same. The formulas give the user the option to combinemultiple
arithmetic operations and derive the results in one go. The use of
formulas not onlymakes the process more efficient but also more
intuitive for users who are mathematicallyinclined.
Basic Excel FormulasThis document lists out some of the basic
formulae used in Microsoft Excel. Theuse of an Excel sheet can be
made very simple and efficient if some formulaeare incorporated
into it. Basic mathematical functions such as addition orfinding
the maximum and minimum values listed can be used in an Excel
sheet.This article shows how these formulae can be implemented
while using theExcel sheet. Below are some basic formulae for
Microsoft Excel: Basic formula : ADDITION cellA1 to A10 = sum (A1:
A10)
AVERAGE cell A1 to A10 = average (A1: A10)MAXIMUM cell A1 to A10
= max (A1: A10)MINIMUM cell A1 to A10 = min (A1: A10)
On an Excel sheet, there are many formulas under the cells all
over the sheet. You can howeverselect them from a column by doing
this: sum = (A1, A3; C4) IF Function: The IF function is veryeasy
to use and can be extremely useful:= IF (condition; value "if
true"; value "otherwise") Example: IF(A1
