How to Count Cells that Contain Positive or Negative numbers in Excel

This post will guide you how to count the number of cells that only positive numbers within a range of cells using a formula in Excel 2013/2016 or Excel office 365.How do I count the number of cells that contain negative values using a simple formula in Excel. The below steps will show you how to use the COUNTIF function to count the number of cells that meet a certain criteria.

Count Number of Cells that Contain Positive Numbers

Assuming that you have a data list in the range of cells B1:B6, and you want count the number of cells containing only positive numbers, and write the result in cell D1.You can use the below formula based on the COUNTIF function.

=COUNTIF(B1:B6,”>0″)

LET’S SEE THAT HOW THIS FORMULA WORKS:

The COUNTIF function can be used to count the number of cells that match a single condition or criteria. And in this case, you need to provide a criteria as “>0”, which is evaluated as “values that need to grater than zero”. Then the total count of all cells in the range B1:B6 that meet the above criteria is returned.

You can also adjust this formula to count cell based on other criteria, such as, you wish to count cells with a value that greater than or equal to 50, and you can use the following formula:

=COUNTIF(B1:B6,”>=50)

Count Number of Cells that Contain Positive Numbers

If you wish to count number of cells that containing negative numbers within a range of cells B1:B6, and you can use the below formula based on the COUNTIF function. And you can provide a criteria “<0”, which is evaluated the values less than zero.

=COUNTIF(B1:B6,”<0”)

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• Excel COUNTIF function
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