Running totals
Show a running total that grows row by row with one SUM formula whose range starts at a locked first row.
In this lesson
- Running total in row 2:
=SUM($B$2:B2), then copy it down. - Each copy reaches one row further. The last row equals the column's total.
- Without the $, each row adds up only its own cell, and no error message warns you.
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Where it sits in Math and statistics
- SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX8 min
- AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS11 min
- MAXIFS and MINIFS10 min
- Running totalsThis lesson9 min
- RANK and top N lists13 min
- MEDIAN and MODE9 min
The steps
8 steps: 3 explanations, 2 Do this, 3 questions, then Your turn.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
Confident · 9 min · Free, with no sign-up
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Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
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