In Excel, have you ever tried to average every 5 rows or columns, that is to say, you need to do these operations: =average (A1:A5), =average(A6:A10), =average(A11:A15),…of course, you can apply the Average function to get the average of every 5 cells every time, but, if there are hundreds and thousands cells in your list, this will be tedious. Today, I will talk about some formulas to solve this job quickly and time-saving.
The following formula will help you to calculate the average of every 5 rows in the worksheet, please do as follows:
1. Enter this formula into a blank cell: =AVERAGE(OFFSET($A$2,(ROW()-ROW($C$2))*5,,5,)) (A2 is the start value that you want to average from, and C2 is the cell that you put this formula, the number 5 indicates every 5 rows you want to average), and then press Enter key to get the result, see screenshot:
2. Then select this cell and drag the fill handle down over to the cells until the error value displayed. See screenshot:
Note: If you want to average every 5 columns in a row, you can apply this formula: =AVERAGE(OFFSET($A$1,,(COLUMNS($A$3:A3)-1)*5,,5)) (A1 is the start value that you want to average from, and A3 is the cell where you put this formula, the number 5 indicates every 5 columns you want to average), and then drag the fill handle to right side until the error value appeared, see screenshot:
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as this:
1. Click Kutools Plus > Printing > Insert Page Break Every Row, see screenshot:
2. In the Insert Page Break Every Row dialog box, specify the row number which you want to insert page breaks between, and the page breaks are inserted every 5 rows as following screenshot shown:
3. And then click Kutools Plus > Printing > Paging Subtotals, see screenshot:
4. In the Paging Subtotals dialog box, check the column header that you want to do some calculations, and then choose the function Average as you need, see screenshot:
5. And then, the average has been calculated every 5 rows, see screenshot:
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The goal is to capture 5 rows of adjacent data items, in the same column, in groups of 5. The REFERENCE cell is A2. When the FORMULA is typed in, for example, cell C2, meaning Column C Row 2, the numeric result of ROW() = 2. Therefore, in order to begin the counter AT the starting point REFERENCE cell selected, in this site's example A2, the operator for OFFSET of rows needs to 0. 0 means Start Here at the REFERENCE cell. ROW() returns the row number as an integer. ROW () in the cell in which the FORMULA is typed, C2, returns the value 2: ROW()-2 = (2)-2 = 0. In order to count ahead 5 rows each time, *5 is added. Add parenthesis around the subtraction because of mathematical order of operations: (ROW()-2). When the FORUMULA is typed in row C2, (ROW()-2)*5 = ((2)-2)*5 = (0)*5 =0. Copy this formula down into cell C3 and the result is (ROW()-2*5=((3)-2)*5 = (1)*5 = 5 which initiates the OFFSET function of the FORMULA to begin at 5 rows below cell A2 : A(2+5) = A7. Copy this formula down into cell C4, the result is (ROW()-2*5=((4)-2)*5 = (2)*5 = 10 which causes OFFSET of the FORMULA to begin at 10 rows below cell A2 : A(2+10) = A12. In order to capture 5 items of data, the number in [height] = 5. The complete FORMULA typed in cell C2 is =AVERAGE(OFFSET($A$2,(ROW()-2)*5,0,5,1)). The function AVERAGE can be replaced with SUM, STDEV, etc.
