What causes the following errors to occur?

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#REF!
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#DIV/0!
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#VALUE!

too many characters to display in column width

no named range or cell
cell (or range) reference no longer exists
dividing by zero
using text in an expression

What will Excel display if you enter 11/06 into a cell?

eg. 11/06

to see the result, remove the ' at the beginning of the cell entry

Function

Form

Name

Name( Arguments)

NOW

=NOW()

TODAY

=TODAY()

YEAR

=YEAR(serial_number)

DAY
MONTH
DATE

Example

5/18/2016 22:11
5/18/2016
2016

Description / Use
ALWAYS begin a formula with an equal sign = followed by the name of
function then parentheses (). Inside the parentheses go cell or cell
ranges,operators, or logical tests.
Returns the current date and time formatted as a date and time.
Returns the current date formatted as a date.
Returns the year of a date, an integer between 1900 and 9999.

=DAY(serial_number)

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Returns the day of the month, a number from 1 to 31.

=MONTH(serial_number)

Returns the month of the year, a number from 1 to 12.

=DATE(year,month,day)

5/18/2016

Keyboard shortcut to insert

today's date as a static entry Crtl + ;
into a worksheet:

3/27/2006

Keyboard shortcut to insert

current time as a static entry Crtl + Shift + ;
into a worksheet:

12:17 PM

Returns a date formatted as a date

Function

Form

Example

Description / Use

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Name

ALWAYS begin a formula with an equal sign = followed by

the name of function then parentheses (). Inside the
parentheses go cell or cell ranges,operators, or logical
tests.

Name( Arguments)

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5

COUNTIF COUNTIF(CellRange,Logical Test)

=COUNTIF(C16:D19,">5")

=COUNTIF(C16:D19,">"&D6)

Counts the cells where the logical test is true from within a
range of cells.
IF Logical Test is ">5" then it counts all cells with a cell
value greater than five.

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11

IF

=IF(C17>D17, "Pass", "Fail")

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VLOOKUP VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table, column_num)

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=VLOOKUP(C17,$D$16:$E$19, 2)

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19

Returns one of two values depending on whether or not the

test returns true or false.

IF(Logical Test, true value, false value)

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8

Pass

0
5
10
15

Looks up the value for cell C15 in the table D16:E19 finding
an equivalent value from column 2.
The Match value has been omitted which means the
function will look for a close rather than an exact match.
A
B
C
D

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Function

Form

Example

Description / Use
ALWAYS begin a formula with an equal sign = followed by the name of
function then parentheses (). Inside the parentheses go cell or cell
ranges,operators, or logical tests.

Name

Name( Arguments)

SUM

SUM(number1, number2, ...)

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7

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15

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Label
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=SUM(A1:A11)
AVERAGE

MAX

MIN

55

Returns the sum of all the values in the cell range A1 through A11. *

=AVERAGE(A1:A11)

5.5

Returns the average for all the values in the cell range A1 through A11.
*

MAX(number1, number2, )
=MAX(A1:A15)

14

Returns the greatest value from within a range of cells. *

MIN(number1, number2, )
=MIN(A1:A15)

Returns the least value from within a range of cells. *

13

Counts the number of cells with values (numbers) in the range A1

through A15. *

=COUNTA(A1:A15)

14

Counts the number of cells with values and labels in the range A1
through A15. *

INT(number)
=INT(D24)

3.64159
3

Rounds the number down to the nearest integer.

ROUND(number,num_digits)
=ROUND(D27,3)

3.14159
3.142

Rounds a number to a specified number of digits.

Rand()

Returns an evenly distributed random number greater than or equal to

0.9049069814 0 and less than 1. A new random number is returned every time the
worksheet is calculated.

AVERAGE(number1, number2, )

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COUNT

COUNT(number1, number2, )
=COUNT(A1:A15)

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COUNTA

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COUNTA(number1, number2, )

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INT

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ROUND

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RAND

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* Can include ranges and cells separated by commas.

A
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Student ID
6912501

First and Middle

John David

Last
Roberts

Driver Master Number

ROBER240474003

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Function

Form

Name

Name( Arguments)

LEFT

LEFT(Cell, Number of characters)

=LEFT(C2, 1)

Example

Description / Use
ALWAYS begin a formula with an equal sign = followed by the name of
function then parentheses (). Inside the parentheses go cell or cell
ranges,operators, or logical tests.
Returns a specified number of characters starting at the leftmost
character in the text string value of cell C2.

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9

RIGHT

=RIGHT(B2,2)

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Returns a specified number of characters starting at the rightmost

character in the text string value of cell B2.

RIGHT(Cell, Number of characters)

01

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LEN

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=LEN(Cell)
=LEN(C2)

Returns the length of the text in C2. Spaces count as characters.

10

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MID

MID(Cell, start_num, num_chars)

=MID(E2,6,6)

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Returns the number of characters you have specified from E2,

starting at the position you specified. The first character has
start_num 1.
240474

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FIND

FIND(find_text, within text, [start_num])

=FIND("D",C2)

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Returns the starting position of one text string within another

text string. FIND is case-sensitive. Wildcards are not allowed. If
the text is not found, an error is returned. Start-num is 1 if
omitted.
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CONCATENATE

=CONCATENATE(first_cell, second_cell)

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=CONCATENATE(D7," ",D2)

J Roberts

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=C2&" "&D2

John David Roberts

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Joins (concatenates) the values of two or more cells.

If D7 = J and D2 = Roberts then the function would return "J Roberts"
as a concatenated text string.
This form of concatenation would return "John Daivd Roberts" with a
space between the first name and last name.

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UPPER

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=UPPER(Cell)
=UPPER(C2)

Converts the text string in C2 to all uppercase letters.

JOHN DAVID

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LOWER

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=LOWER(Cell)
=LOWER(C2)

Converts the text string in C2 to all lower case letters.

john david

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TRIM

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PROPER

=TRIM(Cell)
=TRIM(D31)

John David
John David

=PROPER(cell)

john dAVID

=PROPER(D34)

John David

Removes all spaces in a text string except for a single space between
words.

Capitalizes the first letter in a text string and any other letters in text that
follow any character other than a letter. Converts all other letters to
lowercase letters.