Try it this way:

=COUNTIF(A1:A17,"<6") - COUNTIF(A1:A17,"<3")

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jul 3, 4:15*pm, wrote:
This should be pretty easy; it's a little embarrasing to ask. I'm
trying to count all cells with a value within a specified range. It's
not working. Here is the formula I'm using:

=COUNTIF(A1:A17,(AND(A1:A173,A1:A17<6)))

Where am I going wrong?