Here is a small answer:

if the values are in A1 thru A6, then:

=SUM(A1:A6)-SMALL(A1:A6,1)-SMALL(A1:A6,2)
is what you need
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Gary's Student


"MSandy" wrote:

i'm new to using microsoft excel. I am currently running excel 2000 and
would like to calculate the sum of the 4 highest numbers out of 6 . Can
anyone help me ?