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Lesson .-Lesson 7 Microsoft Excel Formula-01

This lesson covers the basics of entering formulas in Microsoft Excel, including the order of operator precedence and methods for creating formulas. It explains the components of a formula, such as values, cell references, functions, and operators. Additionally, it highlights common formula error messages and their meanings.

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Lesson .-Lesson 7 Microsoft Excel Formula-01

This lesson covers the basics of entering formulas in Microsoft Excel, including the order of operator precedence and methods for creating formulas. It explains the components of a formula, such as values, cell references, functions, and operators. Additionally, it highlights common formula error messages and their meanings.

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Lesson 7: Microsoft Excel Formula

Objective

 Determine on how to enter formula in MS Excel


 Learn the order of precedence of operator in MS Excel
 Enumerate the methods in creating a formula

Description

Formulas and functions are the bread and butter of Excel. They drive almost everything interesting and
useful you will ever do in a spreadsheet. This lesson introduces the basic concepts you need to know to
be proficient with formulas in Excel.
Microsoft Excel Formula

Formula is an equation that performs operations on worksheet data. You can use an Excel
2010 formula to perform mathematical operations, such as addition and multiplication, or they can
compare worksheet values, join text, averaging a student's test results, etc.
Formulas can refer to other cells on the same worksheet, cells on other sheets in the same
workbook, or cells on sheets in other workbooks. In addition, if you change the data in your
spreadsheet, Excel will automatically recalculate the answer without you having to re-enter the
formula.
A basic formula format will start with an equal sign (=) followed by one or more operands,
separated by one or more operators. Operands can be values, text, cell references, ranges, defined
names, or function names. Operators are symbols used to represent the various arithmetic and
comparison operations you can perform on the operands.

A. In Microsoft Excel 2010, operators are executed in this order:


PRESIDENCE NAME OPERATOR
1 Parenthesis ()
2 Percent %
3 Exponentiation ^
4 Multiplication *
4 Division /
5 Addition +
5 Subtraction -
6 Concatenation(Putting String Together) &

B. You can build a formula with the following elements:

1. Value: can be numeric (Ex. 95) or string (Ex. A, BC, MCHS)


2. Cell References: Can be a cell name (Ex. B3) or cell range (Ex. B3:C6)
3. Functions: Built-in formulas (Ex. Sum, Average)
4. Operator: Can be arithmetic (Ex. +, -, *,/) or logical (Ex. If, <,>)

C. Methods in creating formula


1. Type-in method: is a great way to add few numbers and can see their location on the screen.
a. Place the cursor in the cell where the formula will appear.
b. Enter an = sign. All Excel formulas start with the 'equal' sign.
c. Enter the expression that will produce the result you want. (Ex. A5+C5)
d. When the formula is complete, press Enter.
2. Point Method: is used to when you need to move to numbers that are spread out all over the
worksheet
a. Place the cursor in the cell where the formula will appear.
b. Enter an = sign.
c. Click on the first cell you want to use in the formula (Ex. A5)
d. Type the operator (Ex. +)
e. Click on the next cell that will be included in the formula (Ex. C5)
f. When the formula is complete, press Enter.

D. Excel 2007 formula error messages


When writing formulas it is easy to make a mistake. Here are some common mistakes:

ERROR MEANING
The content of the cell cannot be displayed correctly as
###
the cell column is too narrow
#NAME? Excel does not recognize text contained within a formula
#VALUE! Wrong type of argument or operand is used
#REF! Cell reference is invalid. (Cells referred to by a formula is deleted.
#DIV/0! The formula is attempting to divide by zero

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