Iormu|as and Iormu|as and

Iunct|ons Iunct|ons
Contents
1 Creat|ng formu|a
11 Lnter|ng a formu|a
12 Crder of pr|or|ty of operators
13 Ld|t|ng formu|ae
14 Lxper|ment|ng w|th parentheses
1S Construct|ng your own formu|a
Lxce|s Crder of Cperat|ons
lor example glven Lhe formula
W 8 * 7
excel evaluaLes complex formulas
plecebyplece ln Lhls order
1 arentheses (any ca|cu|at|ons w|th|n
parentheses are a|ways performed f|rst)
2 ercent
3 Lxponents
4 D|v|s|on and Mu|t|p||cat|on
S Add|t|on and Subtract|on
W lor example conslder Lhe followlng formula
+ 2 * 2 4 JhaL wlll be Lhe answer?
W Lxcel flrsL performs Lhe exponenLlaLlon (2 Lo Lhe
power of 4)
+ 2 *
W nd Lhen Lhe mulLlpllcaLlon
+ 32
W nd Lhen Lhe addlLlon and subLracLlon
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