AVERAGE

Definition

Returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

Sample Usage

AVERAGE(A2:A100,B2:B100,4,26)

AVERAGE(1,2,3,4,5,C6:C20)

Syntax

AVERAGE(value1, [value2, ...])

value1 - The first value or range to consider when calculating the average value.
value2, ... - [ OPTIONAL ] - Additional values or ranges to consider when calculating the average value.

Notes

Although AVERAGE is specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function.
Any text encountered in the value arguments will be ignored. To have text values considered as 0 values, useAVERAGEA.
AVERAGE returns the mean of the combined value arguments; that is, the sum of the values in the value arguments divided by the number of such values. To calculate the median use MEDIAN.

Step 1: In order to use the AVERAGE formula, start with your edited Excellentable; Then type in the AVERAGE Formula in the area you would like to display the outcome:

By adding the values you would like to calculate, Excellentable generates the outcome:

	A	B	C	D
1	State	Population	Total area in mi2	Land area in mi2
2	Alabama	4833722	52,420 (135,767)	50,645 (131,170)
3	Alaska	735132	665,384 (1,723,337)	570,641 (1,477,950)
4	Arizona	6626624	113,990 (295,233)	113,594 (294,207)
5	Arkansas	2959373	53,179 (137,733)	52,035 (134,770)
6	California	38332521	163,695 (423,968)	155,779 (403,466)
7	Colorado	5268367	104,094 (269,602)	103,642 (268,432)
8	Connecticut	3596080	5,543 (14,356)	4,842 (12,541)
9	Delaware	925749	2,489 (6,446)	1,949 (5,048)
10	Florida	19552860	65,758 (170,312)	53,625 (138,888)
11	Georgia	9992167	59,425 (153,910)	57,513 (148,958)
12	Hawaii	1404054	10,932 (28,314)	6,423 (16,635)
13	Idaho	1612136	83,569 (216,443)	82,643 (214,044)
14	AVERAGE:	7986565.417

	E	F
1	Water area in mi2	House seat(s)
2	1,775 (4,597)	7
3	94,743 (245,383)	1
4	396 (1,026)	9
5	1,143 (2,960)	4
6	7,916 (20,502)	53
7	452 (1,171)	7
8	701 (1,816)	5
9	540 (1,399)	1
10	12,133 (31,424)	27
11	1,912 (4,950)	14
12	4,509 (11,678)	2
13	926 (2,398)	2
14

See Also

TRIMMEAN: Calculates the mean of a dataset excluding some proportion of data from the high and low ends of the dataset.

SMALL: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

RANK: Returns the rank of a specified value in a dataset.

QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a dataset.

PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a dataset.

PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a dataset.

MINA: Returns the minimum numeric value in a dataset.

MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numeric dataset.

MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numeric dataset.

MAXA: Returns the maximum numeric value in a dataset.

LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

HARMEAN: Calculates the harmonic mean of a dataset.

GEOMEAN: Calculates the geometric mean of a dataset.

AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a dataset.

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