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Doing the Arithmetic

Working with math in Excel is similar to working on paper, except that you actually do less work! All you have to do is type the values and the arithmetic operators and then leave it to Excel to do all the calculations. You can easily change the values you’ve entered if necessary, or make the values equal to a value in another cell or series of cells.

Calculate a Value

1. In the cell in which you want the result of the calculation to be displayed, type an equal sign and then the numbers and operators for your calculation.

2. Press Enter ...