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In Excel, which function would you use to count the number of cells in a range that meet a specific condition?

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The correct answer is

=COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">10")

The task is to count only those cells in a range that satisfy a stated condition, so Excel needs a function that combines counting with a criterion rather than a plain count.

=COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">10") examines each cell in the range A1:A10 and counts it only if its value is greater than 10, which exactly matches a "count cells that meet a condition" requirement.

The COUNTIF function takes two arguments — the range to test and the criterion — so it is purpose-built for conditional counting.

=COUNTBLANK(A1:A10) counts only the empty cells in the range and cannot apply a comparison such as greater-than-10, so it does not fit.

=COUNT(A1:A10) simply counts how many cells contain numeric values, with no condition applied at all.

=SUMIF(A1:A10, ">10") does use a condition, but it adds up the qualifying values instead of counting how many there are, giving a total rather than a count.

Because only COUNTIF counts the cells meeting the criterion, the correct answer is =COUNTIF(A1:A10, ">10").

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