Excel - Math Functions



The Excel math functions perform many of the common mathematical calculations, including basic arithmetic, conditional sums and products, exponents and logarithms, etc.

Some more math-related functions are also discussed in the statistical functions and engineering functions categories.

Math Functions

The following table lists all the Math functions −

S.No. Function and Description
1 ABS

Returns the absolute value of a number

2 AGGREGATE

Returns an aggregate in a list or database

3 ARABIC

Converts a Roman number to Arabic, as a number

4 BASE

Converts a number into a text representation with the given radix (base)

5 CEILING.MATH

Rounds a number up, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

6 COMBIN

Returns the number of combinations for a given number of objects

7 COMBINA

Returns the number of combinations with repetitions for a given number of items

8 DECIMAL

Converts a text representation of a number in a given base into a decimal number

9 DEGREES

Converts radians to degrees

10 EVEN

Rounds a number up to the nearest even integer

11 EXP

Returns e raised to the power of a given number

12 FACT

Returns the factorial of a number

13 FACTDOUBLE

Returns the double factorial of a number

14 FLOOR.MATH

Rounds a number down, to the nearest integer or to the nearest multiple of significance

15 GCD

Returns the greatest common divisor

16 INT

Rounds a number down to the nearest integer

17 LCM

Returns the least common multiple

18 LN

Returns the natural logarithm of a number

19 LOG

Returns the logarithm of a number to a specified base

20 LOG10

Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number

21 MDETERM

Returns the matrix determinant of an array

22 MINVERSE

Returns the matrix inverse of an array

23 MMULT

Returns the matrix product of two arrays

24 MOD

Returns the remainder from division

25 MROUND

Returns a number rounded to the desired multiple

26 MULTINOMIAL

Returns the multinomial of a set of numbers

27 MUNIT

Returns the unit matrix or the specified dimension

28 ODD

Rounds a number up to the nearest odd integer

29 PI

Returns the value of pi

30 POWER

Returns the result of a number raised to a power

31 PRODUCT

Multiplies its arguments

32 QUOTIENT

Returns the integer portion of a division

33 RADIANS

Converts degrees to radians

34 RAND

Returns a random number between 0 and 1

35 RANDBETWEEN

Returns a random number between the numbers that you specify

36 ROMAN

Converts an Arabic numeral to Roman, as text

37 ROUND

Rounds a number to a specified number of digits

38 ROUNDDOWN

Rounds a number down, toward 0

39 ROUNDUP

Rounds a number up, away from 0

40 SERIESSUM

Returns the sum of a power series based on the formula

41 SIGN

Returns the sign of a number

42 SQRT

Returns a positive square root

43 SQRTPI

Returns the square root of pi

44 SUBTOTAL

Returns a subtotal in a list or database

45 SUM

Adds its arguments

46 SUMIF

Adds the cells specified by a given criteria

47 SUMIFS

Adds the cells specified by a multiple criteria

48 SUMPRODUCT

Returns the sum of the products of corresponding array components

49 SUMSQ

Returns the sum of the squares of the arguments

50 SUMX2MY2

Returns the sum of the difference of squares of corresponding values in two arrays

51 SUMX2PY2

Returns the sum of the sum of squares of corresponding values in two arrays

52 SUMXMY2

Returns the sum of squares of differences of corresponding values in two arrays

53 TRUNC

Truncates a number (you specify the precision of the truncation)

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