BeginnerStatistical Functions
Find the average order value with AVERAGE
Calculate the mean value of a set of customer orders.
AVERAGE
3 min10 points
AVERAGE practice exercises
Returns the arithmetic mean of a range, ignoring empty cells. Below are 1 interactive exercise that put it to work on realistic business data — you write the formula, and get told exactly what went wrong when it does not work.
Syntax
AVERAGE(number1, [number2], ...)
Practise AVERAGE
Ordered from most approachable to hardest.
When AVERAGE is the right tool
Returns the arithmetic mean of a range, ignoring empty cells. It belongs to the statistical functions family, and it shows up constantly in real work — which is why it is worth being genuinely fluent rather than merely familiar.
Before this one, it helps to be comfortable with SUM. The exercises below assume that ground is covered.
Reading about a function is not the same as being able to write it. The exercises on this page exist because the gap between recognising AVERAGE and producing it from memory, correctly, on data you have not seen before, only closes by doing it.
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Questions about AVERAGE
How do I practise AVERAGE without Excel installed?
Every exercise on this page runs in your browser. You type the AVERAGE formula into a real spreadsheet grid and get told immediately whether it works — no download, no account.
What does AVERAGE do?
Returns the arithmetic mean of a range, ignoring empty cells. The syntax is AVERAGE(number1, [number2], ...). The exercises below put it to work on realistic business data rather than abstract examples.
How long does it take to learn AVERAGE?
Most people can write a working AVERAGE formula within twenty minutes of practice. Getting it right under pressure — with edge cases, unsorted data and ranges that must survive being filled down — is what the harder exercises here are for.