Multiplying numbers in Excel isn't always the easiest thing to do, but it can be done. Here's how to do it in four ways, depending on what you need to multiply.

3. Multiplication and Division Next in line are multiplication and division, which Excel performs from left to right. For example, in the formula =10/2*3, Excel first divides 10 by 2, resulting in 5.

As you have probably already discovered, there’s no actual command to multiply cells and values in Microsoft Excel. Everything operates on formulas, which are essentially easy programming ...

As you can see in the screenshot below, the formula works without these spaces. You can access an Excel workbook and accompanying video below for combining a formula and text in the same cell.