SUM
1. How can you calculate the total of every 3rd cell in a column (e.g., A1, A4, A7, etc.)
using a single formula?
2. Use the SUM function with IF to calculate the sum of all positive numbers in a range.
AVERAGE
3. Write a formula to find the average of the top 3 values in a range of numbers.
4. How would you calculate the average of numbers in a range, but only for cells that are
not blank?
COUNTIF
5. Write a formula using COUNTIF to count the number of cells in a range containing a
value greater than 50 and less than 100.
6. How can you count the number of times a specific text (e.g., "Completed") appears in
multiple non-contiguous ranges (e.g., A1:A10 and C1:C10)?
COUNTA
7. Write a formula to count the total number of non-blank cells across multiple sheets
(e.g., Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3).
8. What happens if you use COUNTA on a range that contains formulas returning
empty strings ("")? Test and explain.
INDIRECT
9. Use INDIRECT to sum the range defined by text values in two cells (e.g., start and
end cell references like "A1" in Cell B1 and "A10" in Cell B2).
10. How can you use INDIRECT to dynamically reference a range in a different
worksheet, where the worksheet name is stored in a cell?
MULTIPLY
11. Write a formula to calculate the product of all numbers in a range (e.g., A1:A10),
without using VBA or any additional add-ins.
12. Create a formula to multiply the values in two ranges (e.g., A1:A5 and B1:B5) and
return the total sum of the products.