Excel formula: Count cells greater than or less than
To count the cells greater than or less than a particular number, you can use the COUNTIF function to handle it.
Count cells greater than a particular value
Generic formula:
| COUNTIF(range,criteria) |
Example:
Count the number of cells that are greater than 35 from the Number List. Using this formula
| =COUNTIF(B3:B8,E2) |
Or
| =COUNTIF(B3:B8,">35") |
In above formula, B3:B8 is the range you will count cells from, E2 and “>35” are the criteria you want to count cells based on.
The press Enter key to get the counted result.
Tip:
If you want to count cells greater than or equal to a particular value, you can use this generic formula:
| COUNTIF(range,”>=number”) |
Take example: Count cells that greater than or equal to 32, using the formula:
| =COUNTIF(B12:B17,">=32") |
Count cells less than a particular value
Generic formula:
| COUNTIF(range,criteria) |
Example
Count the number of cells that are less than 50 from the Number List.
| =COUNTIF(B3:B8,E2) |
or
| =COUNTIF(B3:B8,">50") |
In above formula, B3:B8 is the range you will count cells from, E2 and “>50” are the criteria you want to count cells based on.
The press Enter key to get the counted result.
Tip:
If you want to count cells less than or equal to a particular value, you can use this generic formula:
| COUNTIF(range,”>=number”) |
Take example: Count cells that less than or equal to 59, using the formula
| =COUNTIF(B12:B17,"<=59") |
Sample File
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