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RE: formulas

Hi Kasia

How you put a formula together depends on what you want it to do. For example, if I have typed 10 into cell B5 in a spreadsheet and 10 into cell B6, I can put together a formula that will add or subtract or multiply or divide these numbers.

The formula is always put into it's own cell in the spreadsheet, so let's say I put the formula into cell B7. Here are some examples of formulas I could put into cell B7 (note that a formula always starts with =):

=B5+B6 will add what's in cell B5 to what's in cell B6

=B5-B6 will minus what's in cell B6 from what's in cell B5

=B5*B6 will multiply the two numbers together

=B5/B6 will divide what's in cell B5 by what's in cell B6.


I hope this helps.
Amanda

Excel tip:

Stop Formula Returning A "#DIV/0" Error

If a formula returns a #DIV/0 error message there is a way to avoid such results.

For example the formula =A1/B1 will return a #DIV/0 if B1 is empty or a zero.

If you protect your formulas with the ISERROR function, the formula will then look like this:

=IF(ISERROR(A1/B1),0,A1/B1)

In plain English: should the result of A1 divided by B1 be an error change the result to 0 else show the result of A1/B1.

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