in order to complete it and have an average of exactly for 3 of 4, dont leave
the cells as blank, so you have a rated grade not a blank grade....same as
our teachers did...so we can sleep...thanks..

"mrfrenchy" wrote:

Hi, I am trying complete a project where I need to use nested functions. The
scenario is I have 4 amounts that are grades. The lowest grade is dropped,
and the remaining 3 are averaged to give the grade. I have to use the SUM,
MIN and COUNT function within the same cell address to get the answer.
Here is where I'm stuck...
=SUM(B4:E4)-MIN(B4:E4)
I'm not sure how to use the COUNT function to give me a 3 since all 4 cells
will have amounts? Plus how will I get the above to give me an average? ANy
help appreciated so I can sleep. :-)