[header] How to calculate averages in excel [title] Enter the numbers you want to find the average of. [step] To illustrate how each of the central tendency functions works, we'll use a series of ten small numbers. ( you won't likely use actual numbers this small when you use the functions outside these examples. 
) [substeps] Most of the time, you'll enter numbers in columns, so for these examples, enter the numbers in cells a1 through a10 of the worksheet. The numbers to enter are 2 , 3 , 5 , 5 , 7 , 7 , 7 , 9 , 16, and 19.