BeginnerStatistical Functions
Find the largest and smallest order
Identify the extremes in a column of values.
MAX · MIN
4 min10 points
MAX practice exercises
Returns the largest number in a range. 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
MAX(number1, [number2], ...)
Practise MAX
Ordered from most approachable to hardest.
When MAX is the right tool
Returns the largest number in a range. 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.
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 MAX and producing it from memory, correctly, on data you have not seen before, only closes by doing it.
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Questions about MAX
How do I practise MAX without Excel installed?
Every exercise on this page runs in your browser. You type the MAX formula into a real spreadsheet grid and get told immediately whether it works — no download, no account.
What does MAX do?
Returns the largest number in a range. The syntax is MAX(number1, [number2], ...). The exercises below put it to work on realistic business data rather than abstract examples.
How long does it take to learn MAX?
Most people can write a working MAX 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.