3.
CALCULATE THE AVERAGE SCORE OBTAINED BY EACH
STUDENT.
The following image shows the Reg.No, Names and Scores in Four
subjects of 06 students of a class. Given that the maximum marks of
each subject are 25.
Use the AVERAGE function of Excel.
NAME OF THE
SL.NO. REG.NO STUDENT SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4
1 20231 REKHA 15 23 14 16
2 20232 SINDHU 25 24 23 21
3 20233 PALLAVI 17 19 18 20
4 20234 ANANAYA 18 13 17 21
5 20235 SHASHI 24 22 22 15
6 20236 SHOBA 22 25 24 20
SOLUTION
The steps to calculate the average are listed as follows:
Step 1: Enter the following formula in cell H4.
“=AVERAGE (D4:G4)”
So, we have supplied the cell references of row 4 to the AVERAGE
function of Excel.
Step 2: Press the “Enter” key. The output in cell D4 is 17. Hence, the
average score of the student Rekha is 17.
Step 3: Drag the formula of cell H4 till cell H9. For dragging, use
the excel fill handle appearing at the bottom-right side of cell.
EXCEL - SOLUTION
NAME OF THE
SL.NO. REG.NO STUDENT SUB 1 SUB 2 SUB 3 SUB 4 Average
1 20231 REKHA 15 23 14 16 17
2 20232 SINDHU 25 24 23 21 23.25
3 20233 PALLAVI 17 19 18 20 18.5
4 20234 ANANAYA 18 13 17 21 17.25
5 20235 SHASHI 24 22 22 15 20.75
6 20236 SHOBA 22 25 24 20 22.75