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Don't trust Excel's COUNTA function to count non-blank cells—here's a better method

In most counting scenarios in Excel, COUNTBLANK reliably counts blank cells, and COUNTA reliably counts populated cells.

The Russian Way to Multiply Is So Much Cooler Than Ours

To do the method, begin by writing the two numbers you want to multiply at the top of two columns. In the left column, you ...