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