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Excel AVERAGE Function

The Excel AVERAGE Function returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the given numbers in a range or an array. For calculating average with conditions, users use AVERAGEIF or AVERAGEIFS function. The AVERAGE Function can handle up to 255 arguments, including number, reference to cells, ranges, arrays, and constants.

In this section:

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  1. Syntax of AVERAGE Function.
  2. How to calculate AVERAGE of a number set?
  3. How to calculate AVERAGE of a given range?
  4. Dealing with blank cells in AVERAGE.
  5. AVERAGE with SUM and COUNT.
  6. Adding a number with the cell value and calculate AVERAGE.
  7. AVERAGE of top 5 numbers.
  8. Weighted AVERAGE.
  9. AVERAGE with Conditions.
  10. AVERAGE with ROUND numbers to nearest value.
  11. AVERAGE Last 4 numbers.

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Excel AVERAGE function, how to calculate average in excel.

1. Syntax

AVERAGE(number1, [number2], …)

where:

Notes:

  1. The Excel AVERAGE function has one required and other optional arguments, and they can either be numbers or names, ranges, or cell references that contain numbers.
  2. AVERAGE function ignores logical values, cell containing text, and empty cells.
  3. Cells with zero are included in the calculation of average.
  4. Arguments that include error value or text that cannot be translated into numbers cause errors.
  5. To calculate logical values and text representations of numbers in a reference as part of the calculation, use AVERAGEA function.
  6. To include criteria in the calculation of average, use AVERAGEIF or AVERAGEIFS function.

Examples:

2. AVERAGE of a Series of Numbers:

To calculate the AVERAGE of a series of numbers, the formula is =AVERAGE(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10), which returns the value 5.5.

Excel AVERAGE Function, How to calculate AVERAGE of numbers in Excel.

3. AVERAGE of a Given Range:

To calculate the AVERAGE of a given range, the formula is =AVERAGE(C5:C14), which returns the value of 5.5. Look, here we have used the range of cells.

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Excel AVERAGE Function, How to Calculate AVERAGE of a range in Excel.

4. Dealing with blank cells in AVERAGE:

When you are calculating AVERAGE of a range of numbers and some cells are blank, be sure that AVERAGE function ignores blank cells. The formula is the same, and you have to expect that the average will be calculated as =TOTAL/COUNT of cells with non-blank cells.

Let’s take an example. In the column C, Apple, cells C7 and C9 are blanks.

Excel AVERAGE Function, How to calculate average of a range with blank or missing cells.

5. AVERAGE with SUM and COUNT:

To manually calculate AVERAGE, we can use the SUM and COUNT function. The formula is =SUM(C5:C14)/COUNT(C5:C14), which returns the value of 5.5.

Excel AVERAGE Function, How to calculate average of a range with blank or missing cells.

6. AVERAGE with cell values and Adding a new number:

To calculate AVERAGE by adding a new number with the cell values, the formula is =AVERAGE(C5:C14, 11), which returns the value of 6.

7. AVERAGE of top 5 numbers:

To calculate the average of top 5 numbers, we need to use AVERAGE Function with LARGE function, and the formula is =AVERAGE(LARGE(C5:C14, {1,2,3,4,5})), which returns the average of top 5 numbers from the range C5:C14.

Excel AVERAGE Function, How to calculate average in Excel.

8. AVERAGE of Lowest 5 Numbers:

To calculate the average of lowest 5 numbers, we need to use AVERAGE Function with SMALL function, and the formula is =AVERAGE(SMALL(C5:C14, {1,2,3,4,5})), which returns the average of top 5 numbers from the range C5:C14.

Excel AVERAGE Function, How to calculate average of lowest 5 numbers in Excel.

8. Weighted AVERAGE:

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We can calculate Weighted Average in two different ways:
Way 1: Using SUM Function:

To calculate weighted average with SUM function, the formula is =SUM(C5*D5,C6*D6,C7*D7,C8*D8)/SUM(C5:C8), which returns the weighted average unit sold and price.

Weighted Average in Excel. Excel AVERAGE Function.

Way 2: By using SUMPRODUCT:

To calculate Weighted Average with SUMPRODUCT, the formula is =SUMPRODUCT(C5:C8,D5:D8)/SUM(C5:C8), which returns the weighted average of unit sold and price.

Excel AVERAGE Function, How to calculate weighted average in excel.

9. AVERAGE with Conditions.

Single condition:

To calculate AVERAGE with conditions, we can use AVERAGEIF or AVRAGEIFS (with s). For single condition, we use AVERAGEIF and for multiple conditions, use AVERAGEIFS.

In our example, we want to calculate AVERAGE sales of unit where the price less than 50, and the formula is =AVERAGEIF(D5:D10, “<50”, C5:C10), which returns the value of 18.4.

Multiple Conditions:

In our example, we want to calculate AVERAGE of Price where unit sold is more than 4 and total is less than 800. The formula is =AVERAGEIFS(D5:D10, E5:E10, “<800”, C5:C10, “>4”), which returns the value of 21.25.

Excel AVERAGEIFS Function.

10. AVERAGE and ROUND numbers to nearest value

To calculate the AVERAGE and round the results to the nearest value, we need to combine the ROUND and AVERAGE formula. The formula we use in our example is =ROUND(AVERAGE(C5:C10),0), which round the number with no digit after decimal point. If you want to add digit after decimal points, write 1,2,3 instead of 0 in the formula.

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Excel AVERAGE Function

11. AVERAGE Last 4 numbers

To calculate average of last N values, use the combination of AVERAGE, OFFSET, and COUNT. The formula is =AVERAGE(OFFSET(E4, COUNT(E4:E10),0,-3)), which returns average of last 3 values.

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