Question

Multiply one column times another and sum at the bottom

Asked by: vivekpara

What I have is a table of values...something like this

Description, Qty, # of A, # of B, # of C, etc.
Table, 3, 1, 0, 1
Chair 2, 5, 0,0
Bookcase 1, 0, 0, 2
and so on and so on...

What I want to do is multiply the Qty times each column and sum the entire column at the bottom...

So A would be 13
B would be 0
C would be 5

Is there a way to do this quickly?  I have 32 columns and 38 rows.

Thanks!

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2005-07-11 at 16:44:08ID21487902
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Answers

 

by: byundtPosted on 2005-07-11 at 16:46:41ID: 14417492

Hi vivekpara,
Take a look at the SUMPRODUCT function:
=SUMPRODUCT($B2:$B500*C2:C500)
The reference to row 500 may extend beyond your data.

Cheers!

Brad

 

by: zorvekPosted on 2005-07-11 at 16:49:53ID: 14417510

Along the lines of what Brad has posted, put this formula in cell C39:

=SUMPRODUCT($B2:$B38,C2:C38)

and copy it across to AF39.

Kevin

 

by: turePosted on 2005-07-11 at 16:53:32ID: 14417523

Don't you guys ever sleep???

 

by: zorvekPosted on 2005-07-11 at 16:57:22ID: 14417534

Brad only needs 4 hours of sleep a day. I'm running an automated responder while I sleep (and drool) on my keyboard.

Kevin

 

by: vivekparaPosted on 2005-07-12 at 07:45:15ID: 14421938

Unfortunately, that seems to add each column up and then multiply the total.  Basically, I need to MULTIPLY first and add later.

 

by: vivekparaPosted on 2005-07-12 at 07:47:11ID: 14421957

I take that back...I just can't type.

=)

 

by: byundtPosted on 2005-07-12 at 10:51:59ID: 14423906

vivekpara,
Thanks for the grade!
Brad

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