SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX
Find a column's total, average, smallest and largest value with SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX, and know why an empty cell and a 0 give different averages.
In this lesson
- AVERAGE, MIN and MAX skip empty cells and text.
- Type 0 only when 0 really happened.
- To check without a formula, select the cells.
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Where it sits in Math and statistics
- SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAXThis lesson8 min
- COUNT, COUNTA and COUNTBLANK7 min
- ROUND, ROUNDUP and ROUNDDOWN10 min
- SUMIF and COUNTIF12 min
- SUMIFS and COUNTIFS with several conditions11 min
- AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS11 min
The steps
10 steps: 3 explanations, 5 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.
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Why your formula broke when you copied it
Lock a cell with $ so a formula keeps working when you copy it down.
Beginner · 7 min · Free, with no sign-up
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Send yourself the link and open it on a laptop or desktop.
On your computer, go tolearnford.com/go/GX5R