Excel SUMPRODUCT Function

What is SUMPRODUCT function in Excel?

The SUMPRODUCT function is one of the math functions of Excel.

It Returns the sum of the products of corresponding ranges or arrays.

We can find this function in Math & trig category of insert function Tab.

How to use  SUMPRODUCT function in excel

1. Click on an empty cell (like F5 )

2. Click on fx icon (or press shift+F3)

3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions

4. Select math and trig category

5. Select SUMPRODUCT function

6. Then select ok

7. In function arguments Tab you will see SUMPRODUCT function

8. The array1,array2,… are 2 to 255 arrays for which you want to multiply and then add components. All arrays must have the same dimensions.

9. You will see results in the formula result section

Examples of SUMPRODUCT function in Excel

Example 1:

How to use SUMPRODUCT function in excel

You can see examples of SUMPRODUCT function below:

sumproduct(A2,B2) ----->>>>answer is  2

sumproduct(A3,B3) ----->>>>answer is  6

sumproduct(A4,B4) ----->>>>answer is  12

sumproduct(A5,B5) ----->>>>answer is  20

sumproduct(A6,B6) ----->>>>answer is  30

What is the purpose of SUMPRODUCT function?

It Returns the sum of the products of corresponding ranges or arrays.

What is the Return value of SUMPRODUCT function?

It returns a number.

How many arguments does SUMPRODUCT function have?

This function has just 1 Argument.

The argument of SUMPRODUCT function is number.

The array1,array2,… are 2 to 255 arrays for which you want to multiply and then add components. All arrays must have the same dimensions.

The argument of SUMPRODUCT function is required and not optional.

SUMPRODUCT(number) = number

Which version of excel supports SUMPRODUCT function?

This function is available for all excel versions (2003-2019)

Errors in SUMPRODUCT function

SUMPRODUCT related functions :

• SUM function
• SUMSQ function
• SUMIF function
• SUMIFS function
• COUNTIF function
• COUNTIFS function