MIN

Finds the lowest value.

How it’s written

MIN(range)

Example

AB
1NameScore
2Amara72
3Ben90
4Chloe65
5Dev90
6Elena83
=MIN(B2:B6)

Result: 65

The lowest score is 65.

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Worth knowing

MIN skips blank cells, so an empty cell won’t read as a zero.

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