Excel Functions and Formulas - Practical Exercises
1. Basic Arithmetic Operations
- Use =A1+A2, =A1-A2, =A1*A2, =A1/A2 to perform arithmetic.
Exercise: Enter values in cells A1 and A2. Calculate the sum, difference, product, and quotient.
2. SUM, AVERAGE, MIN, MAX
- =SUM(A1:A10), =AVERAGE(A1:A10), =MIN(A1:A10), =MAX(A1:A10)
Exercise: Create a list of 10 numbers. Find the sum, average, minimum, and maximum.
3. IF Function
- =IF(A1>50, "Pass", "Fail")
Exercise: Check if marks in A1 are greater than 50. Return "Pass" or "Fail".
4. Nested IF
- =IF(A1>=80, "A", IF(A1>=60, "B", "C"))
Exercise: Grade students based on marks in A1.
5. COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTIF, COUNTIFS
- =COUNT(A1:A10), =COUNTA(A1:A10), =COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">50")
Excel Functions and Formulas - Practical Exercises
Exercise: Count how many cells are not empty and how many values are above 50.
6. VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP
- =VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index, FALSE)
- =HLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, row_index, FALSE)
Exercise: Create a student table and search for scores using VLOOKUP.
7. CONCATENATE / CONCAT / TEXTJOIN
- =CONCATENATE(A1, " ", B1), =TEXTJOIN(" ", TRUE, A1, B1)
Exercise: Join first and last names in separate cells.
8. LEFT, RIGHT, MID, LEN
- =LEFT(A1, 3), =RIGHT(A1, 2), =MID(A1, 2, 3), =LEN(A1)
Exercise: Extract parts of a string and count characters.
9. TODAY, NOW, DATE, YEAR, MONTH, DAY
- =TODAY(), =NOW(), =DATE(2025,6,1), =YEAR(A1), =MONTH(A1), =DAY(A1)
Exercise: Show the current date, time, and extract year, month, day from a date.
Excel Functions and Formulas - Practical Exercises
10. ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN
- =ROUND(A1, 1), =ROUNDUP(A1, 1), =ROUNDDOWN(A1, 1)
Exercise: Round numbers to nearest, up, or down to 1 decimal place.
11. TEXT Function
- =TEXT(A1, "dd-mm-yyyy"), =TEXT(A1, "$#,##0.00")
Exercise: Format dates and currency values using TEXT.
12. AND, OR, NOT
- =AND(A1>50, B1<100), =OR(A1>50, B1<100), =NOT(A1>50)
Exercise: Use logical functions to check conditions.
13. IS Functions
- =ISNUMBER(A1), =ISTEXT(A1), =ISBLANK(A1)
Exercise: Test the type of data in cells.
14. INDIRECT, ADDRESS
- =INDIRECT("A"&1), =ADDRESS(1,1)
Excel Functions and Formulas - Practical Exercises
Exercise: Reference cells indirectly using row and column numbers.
15. UNIQUE, SORT, FILTER (Excel 365/2021+)
- =UNIQUE(A1:A10), =SORT(A1:A10), =FILTER(A1:A10, A1:A10>50)
Exercise: Remove duplicates, sort a list, and filter values above 50.