Examples of Commonly Used Formulas

Examples of commonly used formulas

Common Conditional

Check if a number is greater than or less than another number

Create conditional formulas by using the IF function

Display or hide zero values

Look up values in a list

Common Date and Time

Add dates

Add times

Calculate the difference between two dates

Calculate the difference between two times

Convert times

Count days before a date

Insert Julian dates

Insert the current date and time in a cell

Show dates as the day of the week

Common Financial

Calculate a running balance

Create a multiplication table

Common Math

Add numbers

Calculate the average of numbers

Calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage

Calculate the median of a group of numbers

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Convert measurements

Count cells that contain numbers

Count numbers greater than or less than a number

Divide numbers

Hide error values in a cell

Increase or decrease a number by a percentage

Multiply numbers

Raise a number to a power

Round a number

Subtract numbers

Common Text

Change the case of text

Check if a cell contains text

Combine first and last names

Combine text and numbers

Combine text with a date or time

Compare cell contents

Count nonblank cells

Remove characters from text

Remove spaces from the beginning and end of a cell

Repeat a character in a cell

Count unique entries in a list

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