If best means the highest:

=SUM(LARGE(A1:A9,{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}))

If best means the lowest:

=SUM(SMALL(A1:A9,{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Felicity" wrote in message
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Ok I am putting together a results list for students and one of their
assessments has 9 components- the students need to see the results for all
9
assessments BUT the final grade is based on the best 7. Is there a way to
have all 9 assessments in excel and a final column with the sum of the
best
7? Could someone please explain how to do this?

Thanks

Felicity