Sei sulla pagina 1di 2

QUESTION & ANSWERS MS- EXCEL: FORMULAS & FUNCTIONS

What is Microsoft Excel?


Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application in the Microsoft Office Suite. Spreadsheets are primarily used
to work with numbers and text. Spreadsheets can help organize information, like alphabetizing a list of
names or ordering records, or calculate and analyze information using mathematical formulas.
What is workbook?
A file created in Microsoft Excel is called a workbook. It is a collection of worksheets containing data and
information stored in an organised manner.
What is a worksheet?
A worksheet is a grid of cells, consisting of 65,536 rows by 256 columns. Spreadsheet information - text,
numbers or mathematical formulas are entered in the different cells.
What is the extension of a file created in Ms-Excel?
The extension of a file created in Ms-Excel is .xls or .xlsx
What is a cell?
A cell is an intersection of a column and row. Each cell has a unique cell address. A cell with a black thick
border is called active cell.
What is a formula?
A formula is an algebraic expression which contains arithmetical operators for operations like addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division. A formula evaluates to some numeric value when evaluated.
What is a function?
A function is a pre-defined formula that helps perform common mathematical operations. Excel literally
has hundreds of different functions to assist with our calculations. Building formulas can be difficult and
time-consuming. Functions save us the time of writing lengthy formulas. We can use an Excel function
called Average, for example, to quickly find the average of range of numbers. Or you could use
the Sum function
to
find
the
sum
of
a
cell
range.
List and explain few functions of Ms-Excel.
There are many different functions in Excel XP. Some of the more common functions include:
i)

SUM( ) - adds the numeric values in a range of cells and returns the sum.

ii)

AVERAGE( ) - calculates and returns the average of a range of cells.

iii)

COUNT( ) - counts and returns the number of chosen data in a range of cells.

iv)

MAX( ) - returns the largest number in a range of cells.

v)

MIN( ) - returns the smallest number in a range of cells.

vi)

SQRT( ) returns the square root of the value in the referred cell.

vii)

INT( ) returns the integer portion of a number.

viii)

ROUND( ) rounds the value of a cell to specified digits before or after the decimal point and
returns it.

ix)

POWER( ) returns the result of a number raised to a given power.

x)

MOD( ) - returns the remainder after a number is divided by a divisor.

xi)

DATE( ) - returns the current system date

List and explain the types of cell references present in Ms-Excel.


There are two types of cell references: relative and absolute.
1) Relative: A relative cell reference contains just the column header followed the row number. Every
relative cell reference in a formula automatically and relatively changes when the formula is copied to
another cell. An example of a relative cell reference is A1.
2) Absolute: An absolute reference is designated in a formula by the addition of a dollar sign ($). It can
precede the column reference, the row reference, or both. Absolute references remain constant no
matter where they are copied. An example of a absolute cell reference is $A$1.
3) Mixed: A mixed cell reference has either an absolute column and a relative row, or an absolute row and
a relative column. For example, $A1 is an absolute reference to column A and a relative reference to row
1. As a mixed reference is copied from one cell to another, the absolute reference stays the same but the
relative reference changes.

Potrebbero piacerti anche