SUM AND IF FUCTION?

[Robbo1971]

I want to add a percentage of a figure to a figure...

=SUM(A1+(A1*(40/100)))

If A1 = £10 then the answer would be £14.

but the minimum figure I want to add on is £10, so the answer I require is £20.

Therefore how can I write a statement which would calculate the original sum, but if it was less than £10 would add £10 in lieu of the £4 as worked out by the original sum.

 

[MintJulep]

=A1+if(.4*A1<10,10,.4*A1)

 

[nutte]

=A1+MAX(10,0.4*A1)

 

[handleman]

Or, for legibility:

=MIN(A1*1.4,A1+10)

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[handleman]

Oops, sorry, misread the OP. Switch MAX for MIN.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[sdz]

=IF(A1<10,A1,A1*(1+40/100))

or if B1 contains the % you want to increase by

=IF(A1<10,A1,A1*(1+B1/100))

the =MAX... option is suitable only if you want to increase the value to a minimum of £10.

 

[handleman]

Err, no.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[MortenA]

robbo

The sum function adds up the values of a series of cells. It does not appear to do whatever you think its doing.

But a somif funtion exists where you only add the sells up that fit a criteria. Check it out yourself

Best regards

Morten

 

[handleman]

The SUM function adds up a series of values. They can be individual cells, numbers, ranges, anything.

That said, in the formula =SUM(A1+(A1*(40/100))) the SUM function is indeed doing nothing. A1+(A1*(40/100)) by itself already evaluates to a single number. Putting that inside SUM is just summing a single number, exactly like =SUM(150).

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)