How do you rank using Microsoft Excel?

You can use the RANK function to find the rank of a number amongst other numbers. To find the rank of the value in cell C5 amongst the cells from C2 to C30, you would do it like this:

=RANK(C5,C2:C30)
You can use the rank function. If you wanted to find what rank a value in cell B5 was in a range of cell was in cells B2 to B27, the function would be done like this:

=RANK(B5,B2:B27)

This will rank things in descending order. To rank in ascending order you would add an extra argument to the function. If it is not zero, it will do it in descending order.

=RANK(B5,B2:B27,1)
To show a rank for each number in a column, you use the rank function. If you have a list of numbers from cell A2 to A20 and you want to show the rank for each one beside it in column B, then you would start with this formula in B2 and copy it down:

=RANK(A2,A$2:A$20)
You use the RANK function. It will tell you the place of a value in a range. So say you have a range of values in cells A2 to A20. In cell B2 you could enter the following formula:

=RANK(A2,A$2:A$20)

Then copy the formula down to B20. The numbers in column B will be the ranking position of the corresponding figures in column A.