by Select a cell below or to the right of the numbers for which you want to find the smallest number.
On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to AutoSum Button image, click Min (calculates the smallest) or Max (calculates the largest), and then press ENTER.
If the cells are not in a contiguous row or column
To do this task, use the MIN, MAX, SMALL, or LARGE functions.
Example
Copy the following data to a blank worksheet.
| 1 | A | |
| Data | ||
| 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | 27 | |
| 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | |
| Formula | Description (Result) | |
| =MIN(A2:A7) | Smallest number in the range (0) | |
| =MAX(A2:A7) | Largest number in the range (27) | |
| =SMALL(A2:A7, 2) | Second smallest number in the range (4) | |
| =LARGE(A2:A7,3) | Third largest number in the range (9) |
