Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, but we've selected the most popular, from date and time functions to mathematics and simple data manipulation.

=SUM () The first function anyone should know tells Excel to carry out basic arithmetic. Let’s say you wanted the numbers in cell A2 and cell B2 to be added together in cell C2.

What Is an Example of a Formula in Excel?. Not only does Excel keep information organized in spreadsheets, it can also save you from manually typing data for each cell separately.