Basic Mathematical Operations in Microsoft Excel

Basic Mathematical Operations

Mathematical operators exist in Excel for all basic (and not-so-basic) activites.
Double click on the example cells to see the formulas in action!

Symbol Example Use

+ 6 Addition
- 4 Subtraction
/ 5 Division
* 15 Multiplication
^ 25 Exponentiation
( ) 25 Parantheses to specify order of operations

Example
Using the data provided, calculate total sales using the + sign

DATA

Employee Sales
Jim 238
Kevin 424
Michael 460
Dwight 437
Pam 170

OUTPUT

Type = E28 + E29 + E30 + E31 + E32

Total $ 1,729

Try it out!

DATA
Employee Sales
Jim 238
Kevin 424
Michael 460
Dwight 437
Pam 170

OUTPUT
Total sales $ 1,729

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Exercise.
Using a spreadsheet, evaluate the following equations:
a.       3 ´ 4 + 6
b.      62 – 30
c.       4 ´ (2 + 23 + 18 – 5)
d.      (9 ´ 10 + 6 ´ 4)2 – 1002

155  3
e.        12
2

f.      
1000
0.05
 1  0.05 25

1

RESULTS
a 18.00
b 6.00
c 192.00
d 2996.00
e 67.00
f 47727.10