Explore Excel’s math functions and LAMBDA to build flexible, advanced formulas with ease.
This course dives deep into Excel’s powerful math functions, equipping students with the knowledge to perform a wide variety of numerical operations and data manipulations. Whether you’re rounding numbers for cleaner financial reports or generating randomized values for simulations, this section introduces a comprehensive suite of tools designed to improve precision and efficiency.
What you’ll learn
- Master Excel’s core math functions like SUM, ROUND, and INT for precise and flexible calculations..
- Use MROUND, CEILING.MATH, and FLOOR.MATH to round values to the nearest multiple with control..
- Apply EVEN, ODD, TRUNC, and MOD for numerical logic and advanced number manipulation..
- Learn to prevent rounding errors and apply rounding to real-world billing and pricing scenarios..
- Automate totals with SUMIF and SUMIFS to conditionally sum data with ease..
- Use random number functions like RAND, RANDBETWEEN, and RANDARRAY for data modeling..
- Create dynamic sequences and patterns using SEQUENCE, LET, and other formula-based tools..
- Customize Excel’s behavior using LAMBDA functions and process arrays with MAP, REDUCE, BYROW, and BYCOL..
- Determine leap years and apply calendar-based logic in formulas..
- Use math functions creatively to generate values, control formatting, and simulate data structures..
Course Content
- Working with Math Functions –> 32 lectures • 1hr 21min.
Requirements
This course dives deep into Excel’s powerful math functions, equipping students with the knowledge to perform a wide variety of numerical operations and data manipulations. Whether you’re rounding numbers for cleaner financial reports or generating randomized values for simulations, this section introduces a comprehensive suite of tools designed to improve precision and efficiency.
Students will begin by exploring Excel’s core rounding functions—such as ROUND, ROUNDUP, ROUNDDOWN, MROUND, CEILING.MATH, and FLOOR.MATH—and learn how to apply them in real-world contexts like pricing, billing, and time tracking. Through hands-on exercises, learners will also master the INT and TRUNC functions for truncating values, and EVEN/ODD to work with number patterns.
The course progresses to advanced topics like conditional summing with SUMIF and SUMIFS, calculating cumulative totals, and applying logic using MOD. It also covers creating alternating row effects for ledgers and how to determine leap years using formulas.
Finally, students will unlock dynamic capabilities with Excel’s random functions, including RAND, RANDBETWEEN, and RANDARRAY. The chapter ends by introducing Excel’s formula programming tools—LET and LAMBDA—enabling the creation of custom functions and advanced data processing with BYROW, BYCOL, MAP, and REDUCE.
By the end, students will be confident in applying math functions to automate, simplify, and enhance their Excel workbooks.