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Use of Average Function in Excel Worksheet With Examples

What is the Use of Average Function in Excel?  The Average Function of Excel is used to get the average of the numbers in Excel Worksheet. Syntax of Average Function in Excel    Average(number1, number2, number3, ... number N)   For Example Average(10,15,20) will return 15. Because, Average is calculated by adding all the numbers and then dividing the total by count of the numbers. In above example: Average = (10+15+20) / 3 Which evaluates to 45 / 3 that is 15. Syntax of Average Function in Excel Using Cell references  Average(cellRef1:CellRef2)  where cellRef1 is the cell reference of the first cell and cellRef2 is the cell reference of the last cell in Average function to calculate the required average, in Excel worksheet. Consider the above figure for example: the cells A2, B2, C2, D2 and E2 contains the numbers 5, 15, 30, 40, 50 respectively. How To Implement Average Function in Excel  First of all place the cursor in an empty cell to enter the function. T

Explain Different Uses of Excel in Business and Commerce

Microsoft Excel is very useful in Business and Commerce. Following is a list of the uses of Microsoft Excel in Business and Commerce: 1. Creating Computerized Worksheets Microsoft Excel is a computer software with electronic worksheets. You can easily input, edit, format your business data in computerized worksheets provided by MS Excel. You can manipulate business data easily and efficiently. 2. Recording Business Data Microsoft Excel can be used in business and commerce for recording the daily transaction records of your business. It provides the facility to store and maintain large amounts of records easily and quickly. 3. Use of Excel in Accounts Department a) Accounting System Microsoft Excel can be used to manage the accounting system of your business organization.It records daily transactions of the organization. b) Prepare Accounting Documents Microsoft Excel can be used to prepare balance sheet, trial balance, ledger and other accounting sheets. 4. Maintai

Practical Use of SUM Function in Excel Worksheet

What is SUM Function? The SUM Function is used to add all numbers in a given range of cells and returns the total as a result. The syntax of the SUM Function is as follows: Syntax 1 of SUM Function in Excel wWorksheet:   SUM(FirstCell : LastCell) where FirstCell is the cell reference of the first cell in cell range and LastCell is the cell reference of the last cell in the given cell range to be added.   For Example: If cells A1,A2,A3,A4 contains 10,20,30,40 respectively then the function =SUM(A1:A4) will give 100. Simple Use of SUM function in MS Example with examples Syntax 2 of SUM Function in Excel Worksheet:   SUM(number1, number2, number3, ..., number N)      For Example: = SUM(10,20,30) will give the result 60.   and  = SUM(2,5) will give 7. Syntax 3 of SUM Function in Excel Worksheets:   SUM(cell1, cell2, cell3, . . ., cell N) Where cell1, cell2, cell3,...cell N are the cell references of the cells containing numbers to be added.  For Example: =SUM(A1

Explain Different Features of Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet software developed by Microsoft Corporation of USA. Microsoft Excel is used to input and format data and to apply suitable mathematical and other formulas on the data. Excel can perform large number of calculations on data easily in a table like format. The main file of Microsoft Excel is called an Excel Workbook. By default, each workbook has three Excel Worksheets . A Worksheet is divided into Rows, Columns and cells. Microsoft Excel provides many easy to use features as follows: Important Features Provided by MS Excel different features of Microsoft Excel application software 1.    Auto Fill MS Excel provides easy series generating feature called Auto Fill. With the help of Auto Fill you can fill the adjacent cell range with a series like days of a weak or a number series like 1,2,3,4,...10 or 5,10,15,...50 or 1990, 1991, 1992... or dates etc. 2.    Header and Footers Header and footer feature is used to display same text on t

Types and Differences of Language Processors or Translators in Programming

Q. Define Language processor or Translator. Explain different types of Language processors. Language Processors / Translator         Computer directly understands machine language only. That is why Machine language is called the native language of computer. Machine language is in binary form that is its instructions consists of strings of zeros and ones.         A program written in high-level or assembly language cannot be run on a computer directly. Firstly, it is converted into machine language. So there is a need to translate the source program into object code for a computer to execute it.  Definition of Language Processor  Language processor may be defined as a software that converts source programs into object program. Language processor is also called Language Translator.  Therefore, a language translator software will take a source program(that cannot be understood by computer) as input and then will convert it into object code(that can be understood by computer

Different Types of Programming Languages

What is a Program and Programming Language Program A set of instructions that tell a computer what to do is called program. A computer works according to the given instructions in the program. Computer programs are written in programming languages. A person who develops a program is called programmer. Programming Languages A set of words, symbols and codes used to write programs is called programming language. Different programming languages are available for writing different types of programs . With the help of computer language, a programmer tells a computer what to do.   Explain different Types of Programming Languages. There are two main types of computer programming languages. ·         low-level languages ·         high-level languages. Low Level Languages These languages are near to computer hardware and far from human languages. Computer can understand these languages easily. Following are two low-level languages: •      Machine Language •   

Explain Advantages of CD and DVD and Differences Between CD and DVD

Topic: Explain Advantages of CD and DVD and Differences Between CD and DVD  What is CD? CD stands for Compact Disc. Compact Disk or CD is a popular storage device. It is a portable storage device. It can store about 700 MB (Mega Bytes) of data. Advantages of Compact Disk It can store large amounts of different types of data. It can store information in the form of sound, videos, programs or software, pictures and other graphics, documents and many more formats of data. We purchase games and software stored on CDs. CD can store audio/ video songs and videos, too. It is very inexpensive way of storing large amounts of data permanently. It is used for backing up of important data, that can be recovered in future if any data is lost from our PC's hard disk. Compact Disks are easy to use and easy to carry. Compact Disks are durable and reliable. CDs can store data for many years without losing a single byte. Different Types of Compact CDs are: CD-ROM