enter formulas into cells to calculate values

To perform basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, or multiplication; combine numbers; and produce numeric results, use the following arithmetic operators.
Examples of these arithmetic operators were seen in the previous post "use arithmetic operators to create formulas"













The link listed below is a useful tutorial on how to use excel as a simple arithmetic calculator by producing formulas and entering them into cells to calculate values
http://phoenix.phys.clemson.edu/tutorials/excel/arithmetic.html