For example the calculation 247 tells Excel to multiply 2 by 4 and then add 7 to the product. For simple formulas simply type the equal sign followed by the numeric values that you want to calculate and the math operators that you want to use the plus sign to add the minus sign - to subtract the asterisk to multiply and the forward slash to divide. Following the standard order of mathematical operations multiplication and division is performed before addition and subtraction.
For simple formulas simply type the equal sign followed by the numeric values that you want to calculate and the math operators that you want to use the plus sign to add the minus sign - to subtract the asterisk to multiply and the forward slash to divide.
Arithmetic in Excel 1. Enter the numbers you want to calculate. Following the equal sign are the elements to be calculated the operands such as constants or cell references. Operators specify the type of calculation that you want to perform on the elements of a formula.