Tutorial – How to make calculations in Excel

Learning to perform calculations in Excel offers valuable benefits, especially for new users. This tutorial guides you using numbers, and cell references in calculations, helping you avoid common mistakes and boosting efficiency.

Benefits of mastering Excel calculations:

• Accuracy: Using cell references reduces manual entry errors, ensuring precise results.
• Time-saving: Calculations update automatically when data changes, saving you time.
• Consistency: Reliable calculations maintain consistency across multiple sheets and workbooks.
• Flexibility: Modify data in cells without redoing formulas, keeping your work adaptable.

With these skills, you’ll gain confidence in using Excel effectively and eliminate calculation errors, no matter the complexity of your data.

 

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Performing a calculation in Excel

To tell Excel that you want to perform a calculation, simply start by typing the = symbol.

• This way, Excel will understand that it needs to perform a calculation.
• Without the = sign, Excel interprets your writing as text.

In the following example,

1. In C3, we operate with numbers but you just see the result. In cell D3, you see the formula written in C3, i.e. =1+2 and the result is 3
2. In C5, we have also written 1+2 but without the = sign. So for Excel, it's just text, and the calculation isn't done.

 

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The other course of this module

1. Excel keywords
2. Adjusting the Size of rows and columns
3. How to make calculations in Excel
4. All Excel tricks to Copy-Paste
5. Moving cells or columns with the mouse
6. Tricks to Insert, Delete, Hide Rows and Columns

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